Morris Nanton

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Morris Nanton (born September 28, 1929 in Perth Amboy , New Jersey ; † November 15, 2009 there ) was an American jazz pianist .

Live and act

Nanton did military service with the US Armed Forces during the Korean War and played in the 5th Army Division Band. He then studied at the Juilliard Conservatory of Music in New York, then worked with his own trio in the late 1950s and recorded several soul jazz albums such as Roberta (1959), first for Warner Bros. and then for Prestige Records. , Something We've Got (1965) and most recently Soul Fingers (1967), with “Troubles of the World” / “ The Shadow of Your Smile ” as a single. His song "Ja-da" (from the album Preface from 1959) ran on board the first Apollo space flight . He performed with bassist Norman Edge for 22 years at Club Cove and accompanied guest singers such as Mel Tormé , Nel Carter and Barbra Streisand . Stylistically, Nanton was based on models such as Gene Harris and Ramsey Lewis . In addition to his own compositions such as “Something We've Got”, his repertoire included mostly popular film themes (“ Black Orpheus ”) as well as pop and jazz standards such as “ Fly Me to the Moon ,” “ Remember April ,” “ My Man's Gone Now "And" Things Ain't What They Used to Be ".

Discographic notes

  • Roberta - The Original Jazz Performance (Warner, 1959), with Norman Edge , Charlie Persip
  • Flower Drum Song (Warner, 1959), with Norman Edge, Osie Johnson
  • Preface (Prestige, 1964), with Norman Edge, Oliver Jackson
  • Something We've Got (Prestige, 1965), with Norman Edge, Al Beldini
  • Soul Finger (Prestige, 1967), with Norman Edge, Al Beldini, Johnny Murray Jr., Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Joseph Bendel: The Morris Nanton Trio: Forty-Eight Years of Musical Rapport. All About Jazz , August 5, 2004, accessed June 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 12, 2018)
  3. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, 1965, p. 175
  4. ↑ from the film Orfeu Negro from 1959
personal data
SURNAME Nanton, Morris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth Amboy , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2009
Place of death Perth Amboy , New Jersey