Born: February 8, 1919 | Died: September 27, 2010 Primary Instrument: Trombone
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.
Source: Scott Yanow
1954
MG-20052 LP
A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys
1957
MG-20204 LP
And His Golden Trombone: A Tribute To A
Sentimental Gentleman
1957
MGW-12105 LP
Buddy Morrow And His Golden Trombone
1957
MG-20221 LP
Music For Dancing Feet
1957
MG-20210 LP
Night Train
1957
LPM-1427 LP
A Collection Of 33 All-Time Dance Favorites
1958
MG-20764 LP
Just We Two
1958
MG-20372 LP
Night Train Goes To Hollywood
1958
MG-20702 LP
Big Band Guitar
1959
LPM-2018 LP
Dancing Tonight To Morrow
1959
LPM-1925 LP
Impact
1959
LPM-2042 LP
Double Impact
1960
LPM-2180 LP
Poe For Moderns
1960
LPM-2208 LP
Big Band Beatlemania: The Big Hits Of 1964
1964
BN 26095 LP
Campus After Dark
1965
LN 26171 LP
Dance Date
MGW-12102 LP
Let's Have A Dance Party!
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