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
Wilber Morris, a jazz musician and bandleader who was an accomplished free jazz bassist, was born in Los Angeles on November 27, 1937. He was older brother to Lawrence “Butch”, a cornetist. As a child, Morris began playing drums. He joined the Air Force in 1954. During his tour of duty that lasted from 1962 … 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
Morello was born July 17, 1929 in Springfield (Massachusetts). He began playing violin at six years old and, three years later, was featured in the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At age 15, he switched to drums. He first studied with Joe Sefcik, a show drummer, and then he continued his studies with … Read more
