Wilber Morris (double bassist, bandleader)

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member of:	David Murray Quartet (ended) Billy Bang Quintet (bass) Billy Bang Sextet (Jazz group) (bass) Rob Brown Trio (double bass) Marco Eneidi Quintet (bass) Charles Gayle Quartet (bass) Lou Grassi's Poband One World Ensemble Alan Silva and The Celestrial Communication Orchestra (double bass) Trio Viriditas
original member of:	Last of the Hipmen (jazz supergroup) (bass)
siblings:	Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris (cornetist, composer, conductor)

has personal publisher:	Mor Bas (publisher for Wilber Morris) Morbass (publisher for Wilber Morris)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/339192 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98028339 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140660112 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/135088712 [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98028339 [info]
VIAF ID:	2676048 [info]
Wikidata:	Q2570121 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1978-12	Irin Sun (live, 1978‐12: The Environ, New York, NY, USA)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Butch Morris	4:12
1978-12	Lovers Existing on the Dunes / Lonely Thrill (live, 1978‐12: The Environ, New York, NY, USA)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Butch Morris	19:55
1978-12	Narobia (live, 1978‐12: The Environ, New York, NY, USA)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Butch Morris	17:48
1979-11-15	A Pebble Is a Small Rock (alternate take)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang	14:09
1979-11-15	A Pebble Is a Small Rock (Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Irving Stone)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe	16:37
1979-11-15	Loweski for Frank (alternate take)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang	12:13
1979-11-15	Loweski for Frank (T.F.R)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe	12:50
1979-11-15	Music for the Love of It	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe	5:44
1979-11-15	Music for the Love of It (alternate take)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang	4:23
1979-11-15	Sweet Space	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe	5:09
1979-11-15	Sweet Space (alternate take)	Wilbur Morris	bass	Billy Bang	4:43
1980-06-25 – 1980-06-28	Dewey’s Circle		bass	David Murray Octet	6:32
1980-06-25 – 1980-06-28	Jasvan		bass	David Murray Octet	8:48
1980-06-25 – 1980-06-28	Ming		bass	David Murray Octet	4:24
1980-06-25 – 1980-06-28	The Fast Life		bass	David Murray Octet	8:53
1980-06-25 – 1980-06-28	The Hill		bass	David Murray Octet	10:40
1981-06	Bang’s Bounce		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	3:23
1981-06	Broken Strings (For Clarence Muse)		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	2:44
1981-06	Ebony Minstrel Man		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	4:16
1981-06	New York After Dark		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	7:20
1981-06	Rainbow Gladiator		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	14:19
1981-06	Yaa - Woman Born on Thursday (For Miss Laurel Van Horn)		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	5:09
1981-10-31 – 1981-11-01	3-D Family		bass	David Murray Octet	8:36
1981-10-31 – 1981-11-01	Choctaw Blues		bass	David Murray Octet	6:11
1981-10-31 – 1981-11-01	Home		bass	David Murray Octet	6:01
1981-10-31 – 1981-11-01	Last of the Hipmen		bass	David Murray Octet	9:14
1981-10-31 – 1981-11-01	Santa Barbara and Crenshaw Follies		bass	David Murray Octet	6:51
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	17:01
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	13:57
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	8:35
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	7:01
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	16:25
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	15:15
1981-12-09	[unknown]		bass	Butch Morris + Nine Piece Rehearsal Band	5:55
1982-02-07	Echo Vamp 1678		bass	Billy Bang	12:08
1982-02-07	Focus on Sanity		bass	Billy Bang	4:20
1982-02-07	Levitation for Santana		bass	Billy Bang	4:10
1982-02-07	Maat		bass	Billy Bang	11:40
1982-02-07	Night Sequence		bass	Billy Bang	5:50
1982-02-07	The Kora Song		bass	Billy Bang	5:48
1982-04	A Minute Later		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	1:04
1982-04	A Pebble Is a Small Rock		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	9:14
1982-04	An Addition to Tradition		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	7:22
1982-04	In a Minute		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	1:05
1982-04	Invitation		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	7:50
1982-04	Loverman		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	5:36
1982-04	Secret Society		bass	Billy Bang Quintet	5:44
1982-07-14 – 1982-07-19	Flowers for Albert		bass	David Murray Octet	9:41
1982-07-14 – 1982-07-19	Murray’s Steps		bass	David Murray Octet	12:28
1982-07-14 – 1982-07-19	Sing Song		bass	David Murray Octet	9:43
1982-07-14 – 1982-07-19	Sweet Lovely		bass	David Murray Octet	8:06
1982-07	Conception		double bass	Billy Bang	19:01
1982-07	Outline No. 12		double bass	Billy Bang	7:01
1982-07	Seeing Together		double bass	Billy Bang	13:29
1982	Sister Daisy		bass	Arthur Blythe	7:17
1983-02-06	Afro-Amer.Ind. (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	10:20
1983-02-06	Miss Mack (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	9:05
1983-02-06	P.C.O.P #2 (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	11:35
1983-02-06	P.C.O.P. #1 (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	10:00
1983-02-06	Randy (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	12:55
1983-02-06	West Indian Folk Song (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	8:40
1984-10-23	I Mean You!		bass	The Jazz Doctors	4:21
1984-10-23	Mr Syms		bass	The Jazz Doctors	7:49
1984-10-23	Pent Up Suite		bass	The Jazz Doctors	3:51
1984-10-23	Suite for Gamma, Pt. 1		bass	The Jazz Doctors	15:38
1984-10-23	Suite for Gamma, Pt. 2		bass	The Jazz Doctors	6:31
1985-10-08	Blues in the Pocket		bass	David Murray Octet	11:14
1985-10-08	Morning Song		bass	David Murray Octet	10:09
1985-10-08	New Life		bass	David Murray Octet	6:35
1985-10-08	Train Whistle		bass	David Murray Octet	11:49
1988-09-25	Abel’s Blissed Out Blues		double bass [bass]	David Murray	10:34
1988-09-25	As I Woke		double bass [bass]	David Murray	6:41
1988-09-25	As I Woke (2nd version)		double bass [bass]	David Murray	8:01
1988-09-25	Chazz (for Charles Mingus)		double bass [bass]	David Murray	8:52
1988-09-25	Sharing		double bass [bass]	David Murray	12:23
1988-09-25	Strollin’ (for Jean Michel Basquiat)		double bass [bass]	David Murray	2:51
1988-09-25	Valley Talk		double bass [bass]	David Murray	5:31
1988-09-25	Valley Talk (2nd version)		double bass [bass]	David Murray	5:28
1990-07-30	Dartman		bass	David Murray	8:12
1990-07-30	Dextor’s Dues		bass	David Murray	7:41
1990-07-30	I Want to See You Every Day of Your Life		bass	David Murray	4:23
1990-07-30	Lo-Chi-Lo		bass	David Murray	7:28
1990-07-30	Popolo Paniolo		bass	David Murray	7:29
1990-07-30	Remembrances		bass	David Murray	5:12
1990-07-30	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child		bass	David Murray	5:10
1993-02	Body and Soul		bass	David Murray Quartet	7:30
1993-02	Celebration Dance		bass	David Murray Quartet	4:55
1993-02	Cuttin’ Corners		bass	David Murray Quartet	7:04
1993-02	Doni’s Song		bass	David Murray Quartet	7:00
1993-02	Odin		bass	David Murray Quartet	8:15
1993-02	Remembering the Chief of St Mary’s		bass	David Murray Quartet	6:54
1993-02	Slave Song		bass	David Murray Quartet	10:15
1994-10-22	For Bill Dixon I (live, 1994‐10‐22: Fez Room Under the Time Cafe, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Joe McPhee, Borah Bergman, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali	40:54
1994-10-22	For Bill Dixon II (live, 1994‐10‐22: Fez Room Under the Time Cafe, New York, NY, USA)		bass	Joe McPhee, Borah Bergman, Wilber Morris, Rashied Ali	25:13
1995-10	Drink		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	3:57
1995-10	Earthly Things		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	10:41
1995-10	Inner Joy		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	7:11
1995-10	Offering to Christ		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	15:42
1995-10	Our Sins		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	6:42
1995-10	Rest a While		bass	Charles Gayle Quartet	8:02
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	produced
	Afro-Amer.Ind. (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	10:20
	Miss Mack (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	9:05
	P.C.O.P #2 (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	11:35
	P.C.O.P. #1 (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	10:00
	Randy (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	12:55
	West Indian Folk Song (live, 1983‐02‐06: Kwame, New York, NY, USA)			Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles, David Murray	8:40
	arranged
	Stalker Songs			Thomas Borgmann Trio & Peter Brötzmann
	instruments
	Stalker Songs		bass	Thomas Borgmann Trio & Peter Brötzmann
	arranged
	A Quiet Little Bop Piece
	Airplay
	Making Points
	Rhythm Rules
	Zephyr
	composed
	A Quiet Little Bop Piece
	Afro-Amer.Ind.
	Airplay
	As I Woke
	Chazz
	Chazz (David Murray arrangement)
	For Bill Dixon I
	For Bill Dixon II
	Making Points
	Miss Mack
	P.C.O.P #2
	P.C.O.P. #1
	Randy
	Rhythm Rules
	Sharing
	With an “E” Please
	Zephyr
	dedicated works
	For Wilber Morris
	Pooch (For Wilber Morris)

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