Mortimer Gerald Corb (April 10, 1917 San Antonio — January 13, 1996 Las Vegas) was an American jazz double-bassist.[1][2][3][4]
Morty Corb | |
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| Birth name | Mortimer Gerald Corb |
| Born | April 10, 1917 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Died | January 13, 1996 (aged 78) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Jazz bass player |
| Instrument | Double bass |
Career
editCorb had a long career as a jazz musician that began in 1946 and lasted until his death. He performed and recorded with:[5]
- Gus Bivona
- Pete Fountain
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Nat King Cole
- Pearl Bailey
- Louis Armstrong
- Claude Thornhill
- Jess Stacy
- Kid Ory
- Jack Teagarden
- Benny Goodman
- Earle Spencer
- Ted Vesely
- Marvin Ash
- Ray Bauduc
- Freddie Slack
- Clyde Hurley
- Jerry Gray
- Maggie Jackson
- Pete Kelly
- Bob Crosby
- Ben Pollack
- Barney Kessel
- Frank Comstock
- Sam Donahue
- Claire Austin
- The Rampart Street Paraders
- George Van Eps
- Eddie Miller and His Blue Notes
- Dixieland Big Band All Stars
- Eartha Kitt
- Mel Lewis
- Jerry Colonna
- Earl Grant
- Red Nichols
- Matty Matlock
- Wild Bill Davison
- Muggsy Spanier
- Wally Rose
- Cappy Lewis
- Plas Johnson
- The Modernaires
- Gene Krupa
- Ralph Marterie
- Mannie Klein
- Paul Smith
- Johnny Best
- Louie Bellson
- Jonah Jones
- Glen Sponseller
- Beverly Jenkins
- Godfrey Hirsch
- Blue Angel Jazz Club
- Clancy Hayes
- Jazz Fusion
- Billy May
- Renzo Fraiese
- Heinie Beau
- Betty O'Hara
- Robert Hicks
- Bobby Gordon
- Roy Wiegand
Corb performed for four years on Bob Crosby's television program. He also did extended work as a session musician in studios, and though he did little of this after the 1950s, he appears on some 300 recordings. He worked in bands in Disneyland after moving to California in 1947, and recorded his only album as a leader, Strictly from Dixie, in 1957.
Selected discography
editAs leader
- John Best (trumpet), Moe Schneider (née Elmer Reuben Schneider; 1919–1970) (trombone), Heinie Beau (clarinet), Dave Harris (1913–2002) (tenor sax), Bobby Hammack (piano) George Van Eps (guitar), Morty Corb (bass), Jack Sperling (drums)
- Recorded in Los Angeles, April 1957
- Bayou Blues
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Pennies from Heaven
- South
- Ramble In
- Honeysuckle rose
- Sugarcane Strut
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
- Indiana
- Savannah Shakedown
- Farewell Blues
As sideman
- Molly Bee, Good Golly Ms. Molly (Granite, 1974)
- Beverly Mahr, Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer (Impulse, 1963)
- Lorne Greene, Lorne Greene's American West (RCA Victor, 1965)
- Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (Motown, 1982)
- Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
- Frank Sinatra, Trilogy: Past Present Future (Reprise, 1980)
References
editGeneral references
editInline citations
edit- ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, Third edition, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, New York (1966) OCLC 598257
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, edited by Barry Dean Kernfeld (born 1950)first edition, Macmillan Press, London (1988) OCLC 16804283
later edition, St. Martin's Press, New York (1994) OCLC 30516743
second edition, Macmillan Publishers, London (2002) - ^ Biography Index; A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines; Volume 21: September 1995 — August 1996,, edited by Charles R. Cornell, New York: H.W. Wilson Company, New York (1996) OCLC 36101383
- ^ The New York Times Biographical Service; A compilation of current biographical information of general interest, Vol. 27, Nos.1–12, UMI Co., Ann Arbor (1996) OCLC 1425589
- ^ Tom Lord, The Jazz Discography Online