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George Morrow (bassist)

George Morrow was an American jazz double bassist. Although most closely associated with Max Roach and Clifford Brown, Morrow also appears on recordings by Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt.

Biography
Morrow was born in Pasadena, California. After leaving the military, he played with Charlie Parker, Sonny Criss, Teddy Edwards, Hampton Hawes and other musicians who were in Los Angeles. He then spent five years in San Francisco between 1948 and 1953, often appearing at the Bop City jazz club and working with Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Billie Holiday and Sonny Clark. He appeared on all of the studio albums by the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet. After the band dissolved due to the deaths of Brown and Richie Powell in a car accident, Morrow continued recording with Roach's band. He also worked with Anita O'Day in the 1970s before joining the Disney World house band in 1976. He died in Orlando, Florida. == Discography ==
Discography
With David AmramThe Young Savages: An Original Sound Track Recording (Columbia, 1960 [1961]) With Curtis AmyWay Down (Pacific Jazz, 1962) – with Victor Feldman With Earl AnderzaOuta Sight (Pacific Jazz, 1962 [1963]) With Chet Baker(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (Riverside, 1958) With Clifford BrownClifford Brown with Strings (EmArcy, 1955) With Clifford Brown and Max RoachBrown and Roach Incorporated (EmArcy, 1954 [1955]) • Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Emarcy, 1954) • Daahoud (Mainstream, 1954 [1973]) • The Best of Max Roach and Clifford Brown in Concert (GNP Crescendo, 1954 [1956]) • Jam Session (EmArcy, 1954) – with Maynard Ferguson and Clark TerryStudy in Brown (EmArcy, 1955) • Live at the Bee Hive (Columbia, 1955 [1979]) • Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy, 1956) • Pure Genius Vol. 1 (Elektra/Musician, 1956 [1982]) – with Sonny Rollins and Richie Powell ;With Anita O'DayCool Heat (Verve, 1959) With Max RoachMax Roach + 4 (EmArcy, 1956) • Jazz in ¾ Time (EmArcy, 1956–57 [1957]) • MAX (Argo, 1958) • The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (EmArcy, 1958 [1959]) With Sonny RollinsWork Time (Prestige, 1955 [1956]) • Rollins Plays for Bird (Prestige, 1956 [1957]) • Sonny Boy (Prestige, 1956 [1961]) • Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (Riverside, 1956) • Tour de Force (Prestige, 1956 [1958]) With Gene RussellUp and Away (Decca, 1967) With Sonny StittThe Hard Swing (Verve, 1959) • Sonny Stitt Swings the Most (Verve, 1959 [1960]) With Dinah WashingtonDinah Jams (EmArcy, 1954 [1955]) == References ==
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