Benny Morton
Benny Morton (January 31, 1907 – December 28, 1985) was an American jazz trombonist, most associated with the swing genre. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 31, 1907 (New York City), Died December 28, 1985 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone, leader, conductor
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D9VB-2461 | 10-in. | 11/4/1949 | Scarlet ribbons (for her hair) | Juanita Hall ; Benny Morton | Female vocal solo, with vocal trio and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, conductor | |
| Victor | D9VB-2462 | 10-in. | 11/4/1949 | Blow them blues away (Mr. Trumpet Man) | Juanita Hall ; Benny Morton | Female vocal solo, with vocal trio and jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone, conductor | |
| Columbia | W152717 | 10-in. | 2/23/1934 | Get goin' | Benny Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152718 | 10-in. | 2/23/1934 | Fare-thee-well to Harlem | Benny Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152719 | 10-in. | 2/23/1934 | Tailor made | Benny Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | leader | |
| Columbia | W152720 | 10-in. | 2/23/1934 | The gold diggers' song | Henry Allen ; Benny Morton Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo | leader | |
| Columbia | 28874 | 10-in. | 10/15/1940 | St. Louis blues | Benny Carter All Star Orchestra ; Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Columbia | 28875 | 10-in. | 10/15/1940 | Loveless love | Benny Carter All Star Orchestra ; Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B18196 | 10-in. | 10/25/1935 | Twenty-four hours a day | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B18197 | 10-in. | 10/25/1935 | Yankee Doodle never went to town | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B18199 | 10-in. | 10/25/1935 | Eeny meeny miney mo | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B18209 | 10-in. | 10/31/1935 | If you were mine | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B22192 | 10-in. | 1/06/1938 | My first impression of you | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B22194 | 10-in. | 1/06/1938 | When you're smiling | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B22195 | 10-in. | 1/06/1938 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B22255 | 10-in. | 1/06/1938 | If dreams come true | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23642 | 10-in. | 10/31/1938 | Everybody's laughing | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23643 | 10-in. | 10/31/1938 | Here it is tomorrow again | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23687 | 10-in. | 11/09/1938 | Say it with a kiss | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23688 | 10-in. | 11/09/1938 | April in my heart | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23689 | 10-in. | 11/09/1938 | I'll never fail you | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Brunswick | B23690 | 10-in. | 11/09/1938 | They say | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Vocalion | 22281 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | Now they call it swing | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Vocalion | 22282 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | On the sentimental side | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Vocalion | 22283 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | Back in your own backyard | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Vocalion | 22284 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | When a woman loves a man | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Decca | 62682 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | I keep remembering | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62683 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | Out the window | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62684 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | Don't you miss your baby? | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 62685 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | Let me dream | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63122 | 10-in. | 1/3/1938 | Georgianna | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63123 | 10-in. | 1/3/1938 | Blues in the dark | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63286 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | Sent for you yesterday (and here you come today) | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63287 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | Every tub | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63288 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | Now will you be good? | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63289 | 10-in. | 2/16/1938 | Swingin' the blues | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63918 | 10-in. | 6/6/1938 | Mama don't want no peas' n' rice' n' cocoanut oil | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63919 | 10-in. | 6/6/1938 | Blue and sentimental | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 63920 | 10-in. | 6/6/1938 | Doggin' around | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64471 | 10-in. | 8/22/1938 | Stop beatin' round the mulberry bush | Count Basie Orchestra ; Jimmy Rushing | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64472 | 10-in. | 8/22/1938 | London bridge is falling down | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64473 | 10-in. | 8/19/1938 | Texas shuffle | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64474 | 10-in. | 8/19/1938 | Jumpin' at the Woodside | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64746 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Dark rapture | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64747 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Shorty George | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64748 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | The blues I like to hear | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64749 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Do you wanna jump, children? | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64750 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Panassie stomp | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64851 | 10-in. | 1/5/1939 | My heart belongs to Daddy | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64852 | 10-in. | 1/5/1939 | Sing for your supper | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64979 | 10-in. | 2/3/1939 | Cherokee, part 1 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64980 | 10-in. | 2/3/1939 | Cherokee, part 2 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64981 | 10-in. | 2/3/1939 | Blame it on my last affair | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64983 | 10-in. | 2/4/1939 | Thursday-1 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64984 | 10-in. | 2/4/1939 | Evil blues-1 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64985 | 10-in. | 2/4/1939 | Oh, Lady be good-1 | Count Basie Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67839 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Down in jungle town | Red Allen Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67840 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Canal Street blues | Red Allen Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67841 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | King Porter stomp | Zutty Singleton Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67842 | 10-in. | 5/28/1940 | Shim-me-sha-wabble | Zutty Singleton Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Morton, Benny," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105496.
Morton, Benny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105496.
"Morton, Benny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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External Sources
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LCNAR: Morton, Benny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87111581
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