Buddy Morrow
Throughout his career, Buddy Morrow loved playing with big bands and doing what he could to keep nostalgic swing alive. He began playing trombone when he was 12 and within two years was working locally. Morrow developed quickly and moved to New York, where he studied at the Institute of Musical Art. He made his recording debut in 1936 with singer Amanda Randolph and trumpeter Sharkey Bonano. Morrow -- known as Moe Zudekoff until he changed his name in the early 1940s -- kept busy during the swing era, working with Artie Shaw (1936-37 and 1940), Bunny Berigan, Frank Froeba, Eddie Duchin, Tommy Dorsey (1938), Paul Whiteman (1939-40) and Bob Crosby. After serving in the Navy (1941-44) he was with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra (1945). In 1945, at age 26, Morrow formed his own big band but it quickly failed. He became a studio musician for the remainder of the decade. In 1950 he formed a new orchestra that had strong success, giving an R&Bish sound to older standards and having a hit with "Night Train." Morrow spent most of the 1960s and '70s as a studio musician but he worked a bit with the World's Greatest Jazz Band in 1970; in the late 1970s he took over Tommy Dorsey's ghost band. Since then Morrow has been one of the few full-time big band leaders, performing melodic dance music based in the swing era.
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 228 - EP: Night Train
Jazz - Released by Vintage Music on Apr 13, 1958
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Buddy Morrow On RCA
Jazz - Released by RCA - Legacy on Apr 26, 1999
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Ultimate Big Band Collection
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on Jun 1, 2013
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The Very Best Of
Jazz - Released by Vintage Masters Inc. on Apr 1, 2012
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Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 185 - EP: Big Band Guitar
Jazz - Released by Vintage Music on Oct 10, 1959
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Swing The Sinatra Way
Jazz - Released by Hindsight Records on Jan 1, 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo