Wilber Morris
Jazz musician, bassist (1937-2002)
Wilber Morris (November 27, 1937 – August 8, 2002) was an American jazz double bass player and bandleader. He was the brother of the cornetist, composer, and conductor Butch Morris.
Wilber Morris recorded widely, and performed with such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Steve Habib, Sonny Simmons, Alan Silva, Joe McPhee, Horace Tapscott, Butch Morris, Arthur Blythe, Charles Gayle, William Parker, and Billy Bang, Charles Tyler, Dennis Charles, Roy Campbell, Avram Fefer, Alfred 23 Harth, Borah Bergman and Rashied Ali.
Discography
As leader or co-leader
1981: Collective Improvisations (Bleu Regard)
1983: Wilber Force (DIW Records)
1995: Breathing Together (Freedom Jazz)
1996: The October Revolution (Evidence) with Rashied Ali, Borah Bergman, and Joe McPhee; recorded in 1994
2001: Drum String Thing (CIMP)
2001: Live at Tonic (DIW)
2019: Monks (some real music) with Borah Bergman and Sunny Murray; recorded in 1996
As sideman
With Marshall Allen
PoZest (CIMP, 2000)
With Billy Bang
Sweet Space (Anima, 1979)
Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note, 1981)
Untitled Gift (Anima, 1982)
Invitation (Soul Note, 1982)
Outline No. 12 (Celluloid, 1982 [1983])
With Thomas Borgmann
BMN Trio - Nasty & Sweet (Nobusiness, 2013)
BMC Trio Organic (Lotus Sound, 1998)
Stalker Songs (CIMP, 1997)
The Last Concert: Dankeschön (Silkheart, 1998)
Boom Swing - BMC Trio (Konnex, 1998)
BMN Trio - You See What We're Sayin' (CIMP, 1998)
With Rob Brown
Visage (Marge, 2000)
With Avram Fefer and Bobby Few
Few and Far Between (Boxholder, 2001)
With Avram Fefer and Steve Swell
Lucille's Gemini Dream (CIMP, 2002)
With Charles Gayle
Daily Bread (Black Saint, 1995)
With Steve Habib
Live At Joe Joe's
With Frank Lowe
Exotic Heartbreak (Soul Note, 1981)
With Makanda Ken McIntyre
A New Beginning (Passin' Thru, 2001)
With David Murray
Body and Soul
Remembrances
Picasso
New Life
Lucky Four
Murray's Steps
Ballads for Bass Clarinet
With Kevin Norton
Not Only In That Golden Tree (Clean Feed, 2003)
With Positive Knowledge
Live in New York (Edgetone, 2003)
With Alan Silva
Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra (Eremite, 2001)
H.Con.Res.57/Treasure Box (Eremite, 2003)
With Steve Swell
This Now!
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