Morphine was founded in Cambridge, MA in 1990 as a lighthearted experiment with darkness. The band found a home in the vibrant local music scene. This scene had also nurtured Billy Conway’s old punk-blues group, Treat Her Right, and Dana Colley’s original group, Three Colors. The band toured all over the globe, playing at festivals … Read more
Five-piece instrumental rock/electronic/jazz band from Toronto, Canada. They explore mood, sound, and texture. Mark Rynkun, bassist/composer. Description Morta, a five-piece instrumental band from Toronto, Ontario, is led by Mark Rynkun (bassist/composer), Stacey Yerofeyeva (keyboard player), Patrick O’Reilly (guitarist), George Nikolov (drummer), and Kyle Woodard (saxophonist). The members of this band are graduates of Humber College’s … Read more
Elise is a classically trained jazz singer from New York. She combines influences to create a theatrical flair for jazz-influenced songs. She was a member Joe Jackson’s band and toured the globe singing lead vocals and playing keyboards. She wrote lyrics for Pat Metheny and music for Doc Pomus. She also wrote and performed the … Read more
Sarah Jane Morris, born 21 March 1959 in Southampton, England, is an English singer and songwriter. Morris was the lead singer of The Republic in 1982. A London-based Afro-Caribbean-Latin group with leftish [when defined as] They received a lot of publicity from the music media, including coverage stories with NME, City Limits, and Granada TV. … Read more
Thomas Morris, a cornetist from New York, is a shadowy but prolific figure in the early days of New York Jazz. In the mid-1920s, he led a band called Thomas Morris and Seven Hot Babies of Harlem and was featured on approximately 150 recordings. He recorded with Sidney Bechet and Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Orchestra, Fats … Read more
A jazz musician can have his career interrupted for 30 years and then make a full comeback. This is rare. Although Frank Morgan was very promising in his early years, it took a while before he realized his full potential. He was the son of Stanley Morgan, a guitarist who played with Ink Spots. He … Read more
Morgan rose to fame in New York as the young lead alto in Maynard Ferguson’s Big Band in the sixties. He also played in the MF Sextet in the same era and was a regular at clubbing in the Big Apple. Morgan’s signature sound has been with Ferguson since his early days and has survived … Read more
Lee Morgan, born 10 July 1938 and died 19 February 1972. He was an American hard-bop trumpeter. Morgan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a jazz prodigy and joined the Dizzy Gillespie bigband at 18 and remained a member for 2 years. He began recording in 1956 as a leader, mostly for Blue Note. … Read more
John Moriarty, a guitarist and guitar-builder, is a graduate from the National College Of Art And Design (Dublin), where he studied Visual Communications. John Moriarty is primarily a performer guitarist. His passion for guitar building is the culmination of both his visual design and musical interests. He has performed at numerous concerts, including Guinness Jazz … Read more
