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Birth name
  
Muni Zudekoff

Role
  
Trombonist

Name
  
Buddy Morrow


Years active
  
1933-2010

Instruments
  
Trombone

Education
  
Juilliard School

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Also known as
  
Moe Zudekoff Buddy Morrow

Born
  
February 8, 1919 (
1919-02-08
)

Occupation(s)
  
Bandleader, Musician, Arranger, Composer

Labels
  
RCA Victor, Mercury Records

Died
  
September 27, 2010, Maitland, Florida, United States

Albums
  
Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman

Genres
  
Swing music, Big band, Rhythm and blues

Similar People
  
Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Billy Butterfield, Stan Kenton, Bobby Hackett

Night Train By Buddy Morrow


Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff, aka Moe Zudekoff; February 8, 1919, New Haven, Connecticut – September 27, 2010) was an American trombonist and bandleader. He is known for his mastery of the upper range which is evident on records such as "The Golden Trombone," as well as his ballad playing.

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His life

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Morrow was once a member of the Tonight Show Band. His early 1950s records such as "Rose, Rose, I Love You" and "Night Train" appeared in the US Billboard charts. "Night Train" reached No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1953. In 1959 and 1960 Morrow's Orchestra released two albums of American television theme songs; Impact and Double Impact respectively.

In 2009, Morrow was awarded the International Trombone Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, an award that is given to a person who has significantly changed trombone playing around the world.

Morrow led the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 1977 through September 24, 2010, when he appeared with the band for the final time. Morrow died in the morning on September 27, 2010 Buddy Morrow is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity, Rho Tau chapter at Appalachian State University.

Early days

On a scholarship at age 16, Morrow studied trombone with Ernest Horatio Clarke (1865–1947) at Juilliard (known then as the Institute of Musical Art) from October to December 1936. At age 17, he began playing trombone with Sharkey Bonano's Sharks of Rhythm, an Eddie Condon group, recording compositions:

  1. Mudhole Blues by Sharkey Bonano and Irving Fazola, Vocalion, 3353 (Oct 7, 1936)
  2. Swing In Swing Out, by David Winstein, Vocalion, 3353 (Oct 7, 1936)
  3. I'm Satisfied With My Gal, by Sharkey Bonano, Vocalion, 3380 (Oct 7, 1936)
  4. High Society, by A.J. Piron, Clarence Williams, Porter Steele, Vocalion, 3380 (Oct 7, 1936)
  5. When You're Smiling, by Fisher, Joe Goodwin, & Larry Shay, Vocalion, 3400 (Dec 4, 1936)
  6. Mr. Brown Goes to Town, by David Winstein, Vocalion, 3400 (Dec 4, 1936)
  7. Was It Clean?, by Sharkey Bonano] Vocalion, 3410 (Dec 4, 1936)
  8. Blowing Off Steam, by David Winstein, Vocalion, 3410 (Dec 4, 1936)
  9. Big Boy Blue, by Peter Tincturin, Jack Lawrence, Dan Howell, Vocalion, 3450 (Jan 29, 1937)
  10. Old Fashioned Swing, by Winston Tharp & Joe Bishop, Vocalion, 3450 (Jan 29, 1937)
  11. Swing Like a Rusty Gate, by David Winstein, Vocalion, 3470 (Jan 29, 1937)
  12. Swingin' On The Swanee Shore, by Dave Cavanaugh, Don Redman, David, Vocalion, 3470 (Jan 29, 1937)

He then moved on to big bands, first Eddie Duchin, then Vincent Lopez. He eventually graduated to swing bands, first with Artie Shaw. He first became Muni Morrow, then Buddy Morrow, when he joined the Tommy Dorsey trombone section in 1938. In 1939, he performed with Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra for their Decca/Brunswick recording of Gershwin's Concerto in F.

In 1940, Morrow joined his former Shaw bandmate Tony Pastor and his band for a little while, but this was only a short detour on his way to replacing Ray Conniff in the Bob Crosby band. Shortly after, he joined the US Navy, during which he recorded with Billy Butterfield leading a ten-piece band with three trombones — all accompanying Red McKenzie singing four arrangements, including "Sweet Lorraine" and "It's the talk of the Town."

After demobilization, Morrow joined Jimmy Dorsey's band, then went into radio freelancing as a studio musician. He began conducting odd sessions, which introduced him to bandleading. RCA Victor sponsored him as director of his own band in 1951. The band's first hit — "Night Train" by Jimmy Forrest — was a crossover into rhythm and blues.

Selected compositions

  • "Big Beat", music by Buddy Morrow, (1953)
  • "Boogie Woogie March", words & music by Buddy Morrow & Herbert Hendler (1918–2007) (1951)
  • "Corrine Corina", with Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
  • "Dear Mary", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1951)
  • "Diggin", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
  • "Memphis Drag", music by Buddy Morrow (1953)
  • "Midnight March", music by Bill Allen & Buddy Morrow (1957)
  • "Old Potato Farm", words & music by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), Tommie McLeston Hendler & Buddy Morrow (1951)
  • "Scrub-a-dub-dub", music by Howard Biggs & Buddy Morrow (1955)
  • "Solo; A Fox-Trot Bolero Based on Chopin's Waltz in C-sharp minor", words by Herbert Hendler (1918–2007), music by Buddy Morrow (1951)
  • "Teen Polka", arranged by Buddy Morrow & Walter Stuart (1956)
  • Selected discography

  • Buddy Morrow, his Trombone, and His Orchestra – A Big Band Buddy: Studio and Live Recordings, 1945–1957, Jasmine Records (2004)
  • Buddy Morrow On RCA CD (recorded Sept 28, 1950 - Dec 22, 1953), digitally remastered by Dennis C. Ferrante, BMG Studios, New York (liner notes by Robert W. Rice)
  • Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra - Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman (Tommy Dorsey) Mercury-Wing MGW 12105, Australia
  • Buddy Morrow — A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys Universal Recorders, Chicago (1955)
  • Buddy Morrow — Music For Dancing Feet (recorded in New York City, Dec. 20, 1955) Universal Recorders, Chicago (1955)
  • Buddy Morrow and His Golden Trombone, Universal Recorders, Chicago (1956)
  • Big Band Beatlemania (the big hits of 1964) (LP), Epic (196-?)
  • Big band guitar (LP), RCA Victor (1959)
  • Impact (LP), RCA Victor (1959) (American television themes)
  • Double Impact (LP), RCA Victor (1959) (American television themes)
  • Poe For Moderns (LP), RCA Victor](1960)
  • Swingin’ Through the Night, Bluebird, distributed by BMG Music (2002)
  • Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra, Hindsight, (1980)
  • Swing the Sinatra Way, Walt Andrus, Buddy Morrow (CD) Hindsight (Dec 22, 1998)
  • As sideman

    With Gato Barbieri

  • Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974)
  • With Count Basie

  • High Voltage (MPS, 1970)
  • References

    Buddy Morrow Wikipedia