Wilber Morris

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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. [1]

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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

As sideman

With Marshall Allen

With Billy Bang

With Thomas Borgmann

With Rob Brown

With Avram Fefer and Bobby Few

With Avram Fefer and Steve Swell

With Charles Gayle

With Steve Habib

With Frank Lowe

With Makanda Ken McIntyre

With David Murray

With Kevin Norton

With Positive Knowledge

With Alan Silva

With Steve Swell

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