Name George Morrow | Role Bassist | |
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Died May 26, 1992, Orlando, Florida, United States Albums Tenor Madness, Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Clifford Brown and Max Roa, More Study in Brown, The Best of Max Roach and Cliffo Similar People Richie Powell, Harold Land, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Kenny Dorham | ||
George Morrow (born August 15, 1925 in Pasadena, CA - died May 26, 1992 in Orlando, FL) was a jazz bassist.
Although most closely associated with Max Roach and Clifford Brown, Morrow also appears on recordings by Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt.
After leaving the military, George played with Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss, Teddy Edwards, Hampton Hawes and other musicians who were in L.A. George then spent five years in San Francisco (1948–53), often appearing at Bop City and working with Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Billie Holiday and Sonny Clark, among others.
According to Roach, Morrow had been "free-lancing around San Francisco clubs" when they hired him to play with them after having rejecting two other bassists. He appeared on all of the studio albums made the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet. After that band dissolved due to the deaths of Brown and Richie Powell in a car accident, Morrow continued recording with Max Roach's band. He also worked with Anita O'Day in the 1970s before joining the Disney World house band in 1976.
He never led his own recording date.
Discography
With Curtis Amy
With Earl Anderza
With Clifford Brown and Max Roach
With Max Roach
With Sonny Rollins
With Sonny Stitt