Andrew Morgan (March 19, 1903 – September 19, 1972) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
clarinetist and saxophonist.
Early life
Morgan was born in
Pensacola, Florida. He played clarinet with the
Imperial Band in the mid-1920s and then joined his brother
Isaiah Morgan's band in 1925.
Sam Morgan led this ensemble for its recordings in 1927.
Career
Morgan played in the late-1920s and 1930s with
Kid Howard
Avery "Kid" Howard (April 22, 1908, New Orleans, Louisiana - March 28, 1966, New Orleans) was an American jazz trumpeter, associated with the New Orleans jazz scene.
Howard began on drums at about age fourteen, but switched to cornet and then tr ...
,
Kid Rena
Henry "Kid" Rena (August 30, 1898 – April 25, 1949) was an American jazz trumpeter, who was an early star of the New Orleans jazz scene.
Biography
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Rena may have taken lessons from Manuel ...
, and
Kid Thomas Valentine. He and Isaiah played together again in
Biloxi, Mississippi
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in the 1940s, then Andrew moved back to New Orleans to play with
Alphonse Picou
Alphonse Floristan Picou (October 19, 1878 – February 4, 1961) was an important very early American jazz clarinetist of New Orleans, Louisiana, who also wrote and arranged music.
Early life and education
Alphonse Picou was born into a prosper ...
, Kid Rena again,
Herb Morand (1946–52), and
Kid Clayton (from 1952). He played with the
Young Tuxedo Brass Band from 1958 and led the group after 1964.
He played with
Percy Humphrey (1953),
Sweet Emma Barrett (1960), Kid Howard again (1962),
Alvin Alcorn
Alvin Elmore Alcorn (September 7, 1912 – July 10, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Alcorn learned music theory from his brother. In the early 1930s, he was a member of the Sunny South Syncopators led by Armand J. Piron. He worked ...
(1964),
Onward Brass Band
The Onward Brass Band was either of two brass bands active in New Orleans for extended periods of time.
Onward Brass Band (c. 1886–1930)
This incarnation of the Onward Brass Band played often in its early history at picnics, festivals, parade ...
(1965),
Eureka Brass Band (1969), and
Captain John Handy
Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 – January 12, 1971), was an American jazz alto saxophonist, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival.
Career
Handy was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, United States. He played clarinet in New Orleans ...
(1970). He recorded as a leader in 1969 for the album ''Down By the Riverside''.
Personal life
Morgan died in
, aged 71.
References
;Footnotes
;General references
*Russell/Kernfeld, "Andrew Morgan". ''
Grove Jazz'' online.
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1901 births
1972 deaths
American jazz clarinetists
American jazz saxophonists
American male saxophonists
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
20th-century American saxophonists
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Onward Brass Band members
People from Pensacola, Florida