Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928
– March 12, 2011)
was an American
jazz drummer
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...
best known for serving as the drummer for pianist
Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "classic lineup" from 1958 to 1968, which also included alto saxophonist
Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " Take Five". He ...
and bassist
Eugene Wright
Eugene Joseph Wright (May 29, 1923 – December 30, 2020) was an American jazz bassist who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Career
Wright was a cornetist at high school and led the 16-piece band Dukes of Swing in his 20s. He was large ...
. Morello's facility for playing unusual
time signature
The time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, or measure signature) is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats (pulses) are contained in each measure (bar), and which note value ...
s and rhythms enabled that group to record a series of albums that explored unusual time signatures. The most notable of these was the first in the series, the 1959 album ''
Time Out'', which contained the hit songs "
Take Five
"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by saxophonist Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album ''Time Out'' at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studios in New York City on July 1, 1959. Two years later it b ...
" and "
Blue Rondo à la Turk
"Blue Rondo à la Turk" is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck. It appeared on the album ''Time Out'' in 1959. It is written in time, with one side theme in and the choice of rhythm was inspired by the Turkish aksak time signatures. It ...
". In fact, "Take Five", the album's biggest hit (and the first jazz single to sell more than one million copies) was specifically written by Desmond as a way to showcase Morello's ability to play in time.
Besides playing with Brubeck, Morello also served as an accompanist for other musicians, including
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
,
Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...
and
Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...
, and recorded his own albums as well. He received numerous accolades during his life, including being named the best drummer by ''
Down Beat
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
'' magazine five years in a row.
Biography
He was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...
, United States
to Joseph Morello and Lillian LaPalme. His father was a French emigrant from
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
and his mother hailed from
French Canada
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. Morello suffered from partial vision from birth, and devoted himself to indoor activities. At six years old, he began studying the violin. Three years later, he was a featured soloist with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, playing
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, is his last concerto. Well received at its premiere, it has remained among the most prominent and highly-regarded violin concertos. It holds a central place in the violin repertoire and ...
, and again three years later.
At the age of 15, Morello met the violinist
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz (; December 10, 1987) was a Russian-born American violinist. Born in Vilnius, he moved while still a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso since childhood. Fritz ...
and decided that he would never be able to equal Heifetz's "sound". Therefore, he switched to drumming, first studying with a show drummer named Joe Sefcik and then
George Lawrence Stone, author of the noted drum textbook ''Stick Control for the Snare Drummer''. Stone was so impressed with Morello's ideas that he incorporated them into his next book, ''Accents & Rebounds'', which is dedicated to Morello. Later, Morello studied with
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplac ...
percussionist,
Billy Gladstone
Orghici Cosmin (December 15, 1893 in Ciocile, Brăila County – October 1961 in New York, United States), born William Goldstein, was a Romanian-born drummer, percussionist, drum builder, inventor, and drum teacher who performed in New York thea ...
.
After moving to New York City, Morello worked with numerous notable jazz musicians including
Johnny Smith
Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Early life
During the Great D ...
,
Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...
,
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though K ...
,
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods (November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After inheriting a saxophone at age 12, he began ...
,
Sal Salvador
Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999) was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.
He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually m ...
,
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
,
Jay McShann
James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...
,
Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
, and
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...
.
After a period of playing in McPartland's trio, Morello declined invitations to join both
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...
and
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...
's bands, favoring a temporary two-month tour with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1955.
Morello remained with Brubeck for well over a decade, departing in 1967.
Morello later became an in-demand clinician, teacher and bandleader, whose former students include
Danny Gottlieb
Daniel Richard Gottlieb (born April 18, 1953) is an American drummer. He was a founding member of the Pat Metheny Group and was co-founder of Elements with Mark Egan.
Biography
Gottlieb was born in New York City on April 18, 1953. He took less ...
, TigerBill Meligari, Bruce Springsteen E Street Band drummer
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg (born April 13, 1951) is an American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' a ...
,
Rich Galichon, Phish drummer Jon Fishman, Gary Feldman, Patrick Wante, Tony Woo, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons drummer Gerry Polci, Jerry Granelli, RIOT drummer Sandy Slavin, retired Army Blues drummer Steve Fidyk, Glenn Johnson, Pittsburgh drummer Bennett Carlise, ''Level System'' author and professional drummer Jeff W. Johnson, Jazz drummer
John B. Riley, and Bon Jovi drummer
Tico Torres
Hector Juan Samuel "Tico" Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American musician, artist, and entrepreneur, best known as the drummer, percussionist, and a songwriter for American rock band Bon Jovi. In 2018, Torres was inducted into the Rock ...
.
Morello appeared in many Brubeck performances and contributed to over 60 albums with Brubeck. On "
Take Five
"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by saxophonist Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album ''Time Out'' at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studios in New York City on July 1, 1959. Two years later it b ...
", he plays an imaginative drum solo maintaining the 5/4 time signature throughout. Another example of soloing in odd time signatures can be heard on "
Unsquare Dance
"Unsquare Dance" is a composition by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck that was released as a single in 1961. Included on Brubeck's album ''Time Further Out'', the piece reached No. 93 on the ''Cash Box'' chart on December 16, 1961.
Time signature
Wri ...
", in which he solos using only sticks without drums in 7/4 time. At the end of the track, he can be heard laughing about the "trick" ending. He also features on "
Blue Rondo à la Turk
"Blue Rondo à la Turk" is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck. It appeared on the album ''Time Out'' in 1959. It is written in time, with one side theme in and the choice of rhythm was inspired by the Turkish aksak time signatures. It ...
", "
Strange Meadow Lark", "
Pick-Up Sticks
Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table to ...
" and "
Castilian Drums".
During his career, Morello appeared on over 120 albums. He authored several drum books, including ''Master Studies'', published by
Modern Drummer Publications
''Modern Drummer'' is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public. '' ...
, and also made instructional videos. Morello was the recipient of many awards, including ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
'' magazine's best drummer award for seven years in a row, and ''
Down Beat
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
'' magazine's best drummer award five years in a row. He was elected to the ''
Modern Drummer
''Modern Drummer'' is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public. ''Mo ...
'' magazine Hall of Fame in 1988, the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1993, and was the recipient of Hudson Music's first TIP (Teacher Integration Program) Lifetime Achievement award in June, 2010.
Morello died at his home in Irvington, New Jersey
Irvington is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 61,176.
The township had the ninth-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.890% in 2020, compared to 2.82 ...
, on March 12, 2011, aged 82, and is interred at Saint Michael Cemetery.
Upon his death, Morello's wife Jean gave control of Joe Morello's memorabilia and collections to Marvin Burock, one of Joe's students, who had toured extensively with Morello and who was tasked with transcribing Morello's ''Modern Drummer
''Modern Drummer'' is a monthly publication targeting the interests of drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public. ''Mo ...
'' articles for ten years.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
* ''Collections
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* Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department
* Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service
* Collection agency, agency to collect cash
* Collection ...
'' (Intro, 1957) with Red Norvo
Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His reco ...
, Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
and Gerry Wiggins
Gerald Foster Wiggins (May 12, 1922 – July 13, 2008) was an American jazz pianist and organist.
Early life
Wiggins was born in New York City on May 12, 1922.Vacher, Pete"Wiggins, Gerry" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd edition). G ...
* ''Joe Morello'' (RCA Bluebird, 1961-62) (Issued in 1989 - Partially reissues ''It's About Time'')
* ''It's About Time'' (RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Comp ...
, 1962)
* ''Another Step Forward'' (Ovation, 1969)
* ''Percussive Jazz'' (Ovation, 1977)
* ''Going Places'' ( DMP, 1993)
* ''Morello Standard Time'' (DMP, 1994)
As sideman
With Dave Brubeck
* 1957 ''Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A.
''Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A.'' is a studio album by Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dave Brubeck
# "Ode to a Cowboy" – 5:02
# "Summer Song" – 6:06
# "Yonder for Two" – 5:00
# "History of a Boy Scout" – 4:33 ...
''
* 1957 ''Dave Digs Disney
''Dave Digs Disney'' is a 1957 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It features jazz renditions of songs from the animated Disney films ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Pinocchio'' and ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It is one of Brubeck's mos ...
''
* 1957 ''Reunion''
* 1958 ''Jazz Goes to Junior College''
* 1958 ''Jazz Impressions of Eurasia
''Jazz Impressions of Eurasia '' is a studio album by pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded after, and inspired by, their 1958 world tour sponsored by the American state department during which they played 80 concerts in 14 countries, incl ...
''
* 1958 ''Newport 1958
''Newport 1958'' is a 1958 album by Duke Ellington, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival of that year and later in the Columbia recording studio. It was released two years after ''Ellington at Newport'', the 1956 album that led to Ellington's ca ...
''
* 1958 '' The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe''
* 1959 ''Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Wind may also refer to:
Music
* ''Gone with the Wind'' ...
''
* 1959 ''The Riddle''
* 1959 '' Time Out''
* 1960 '' Brubeck and Rushing''
* 1960 ''Brubeck à la mode
''Brubeck à la mode'' is 1960 studio album by pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet.
The album comprises compositions by the clarinetist Bill Smith; this was one of three albums that Brubeck and his quartet made with Smith.
In Todd R. Decker's ...
''
* 1961 '' Take Five Live''
* 1961 ''Time Further Out
''Time Further Out'' (subtitled '' Miró Reflections'') is a jazz studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet released by Columbia Records in November 1961. It features the "classic" lineup of the quartet: pianist and leader Dave Brubeck, alto sa ...
''
* 1961 '' Tonight Only!''
* 1962 '' Countdown—Time in Outer Space''
* 1962 ''Music from West Side Story''
* 1962 '' The Real Ambassadors''
* 1963 '' Bossa Nova U.S.A.''
* 1963 '' Brandenburg Gate: Revisited''
* 1963 ''Dave Brubeck Quartet in Amsterdam''
* 1961 ''Near-Myth''
* 1963 '' At Carnegie Hall''
* 1964 ''Dave Brubeck in Berlin
''Dave Brubeck in Berlin'' is a 1965 live album by Dave Brubeck recorded at the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin. The album was only released on LP in Germany, after having been recorded for radio broadcast by WDR Cologne. It was not released in t ...
''
* 1964 ''Jazz Impressions of Japan
''Jazz Impressions of Japan'' is a 1964 album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded on June 16–17, 1964 at the legendary CBS 30th Street Studio, except for "Zen Is When" which was recorded on January 30, 1960. It was released on August 10 ...
''
* 1964 '' Time Changes''
* 1965 '' Angel Eyes''
* 1965 '' Jazz Impressions of New York''
* 1965 ''The Canadian Concert of Dave Brubeck''
* 1966 '' My Favorite Things''
* 1966 '' Time In''
* 1966 '' Anything Goes: The Music of Cole Porter''
* 1967 '' Bravo! Brubeck!''
* 1967 ''Right Now!''
* 1967 '' The Last Time We Saw Paris''
* 1968 '' Jackpot!''
* 1971 ''Summit Sessions''
* 1972 ''Adventures in Time''
* 1973 ''On Campus''
* 1976 '' 25th Anniversary Reunion''
* 1988 ''The Great Concerts: Amsterdam Copenhagen Carnegie Hall''
* 1991 ''Live (1956–1957)''
* 1992 ''Live (1954 and 1959)''
* 1993 ''Someday My Prince Will Come''
* 1993 ''St. Louis Blues''
With Gary Burton
Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be he ...
* 1961 '' New Vibe Man in Town''
* 1962 '' Who Is Gary Burton?''
With Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in th ...
* 1954 ''Tal Farlow Quartet''
* 1955 ''The Tal Farlow Album''
With Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland OBE ( Turner;Hasson, Claire"Marian McPartland: Jazz Pianist: An Overview of a Career" PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and wri ...
* 1952 ''Lullaby of Birdland''
* 1955 ''Marian McPartland in Concert''
*1955 ''Live At the Hickory House''
* 1956 ''After Dark''
* 1957 ''The Marian McPartland Trio''
* 2002 ''Live at Shanghai Jazz''
* 2003 ''All My Life''
With Gil Mellé
Gilbert John Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer.
Life and career
In the 1950s, Mellé created the cover art for albums by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins. Me ...
*'' Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet'' (Blue Note, 1953)
*'' Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Farlow'' (Blue Note, 1953)
With Sal Salvador
Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999) was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator.
He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his professional career in New York City. He eventually m ...
* 1956 ''Shades of Sal Salvador''
*'' Juicy Lucy'' (Bee Hive, 1978)
With Chuck Wayne
Chuck Wayne (February 27, 1923 – July 29, 1997) was an American jazz guitarist. He came to prominence in the 1940s, and was among the earliest jazz guitarists to play in the bebop style. Wayne was a member of Woody Herman's First Herd, the f ...
*'' The Jazz Guitarist'' (Savoy, 1953 956
With others
* 1954 ''Jimmy Raney Quintet'', Jimmy Raney
James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazz guitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, known for his work from 1951 to 1952 and then from 1953 to 1954 with the Red Norvo trio (replacing Tal Farlow) and ...
*1956 ''The Middle Road'', Jimmy McPartland
James Dugald "Jimmy" McPartland (March 15, 1907 – March 13, 1991) was an American cornetist. He worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, and Tommy Dorsey, often leading his own bands. He was married to pi ...
* 1957 ''Dream of You'', Helen Merrill
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* 1957 ''Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar'', Howard Roberts
Howard Mancel Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist, educator, and session musician.
Early years
Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Damon and Vesta Roberts, and began playing guitar at the age of 8 - a ...
* 1958 ''Sweet Paul Vol. 1'' Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " Take Five". He ...
* 1961 ''Jazz Winds from a New Direction'', Hank Garland
Walter Louis Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004), professionally Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz al ...
* 1977 ''Early Art'', Art Pepper
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...
* 1979 '' The Big Apple Bash'', Jay McShann
James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...
* 1994 ''Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich'', Buddy Rich Big Band
* 1994 ''The Gamut'', Robert Hohner
* 1995 ''Two Facets of Louis: 1920-1950'', Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
* 1997 ''Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich Vol. 2'', Buddy Rich Big Band
* 2000 ''Chega de Saudade'', Stan Getz
Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of ...
* 2007 ''Sings the Ultimate American Songbook Vol. 1'', Tony Bennett
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Videography
*''Joe Morello – Drum Method 1: The Natural approach to Technique'' (DVD) Hot Licks 2006
*''Joe Morello – Drum Method 2: Around the Kit'' (DVD) Hot Licks 2006
*''Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb: Natural Drumming Lessons 1&2'' (DVD) Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 2005
*''Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb: Natural Drumming Lessons 3&4'' (DVD) Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 2006
*''Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb: Natural Drumming Lessons 5&6'' (DVD) Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 2006
*''The Art of Playing with Brushes'' (DVD) Hudson Music LLC 2007
Bibliography
* ''New Directions in Rhythm: Studies in 3/4 and 5/4 Time'' 1963
* ''Off the Record: A Collection of Famous Drum Solos'' 1966
* ''Rudimental Jazz: A Modern Application of Rudiments to the Drum Outfit'' 1967
* ''Master Studies: Exercises for the Development of Control and Technique'' Modern Drummer Publications, Inc. 1983
* ''Master Studies II: More Exercises for the Development of Control and Technique'' Modern Drummer Publications, Inc. 2006
* ''Rudimental Jazz: A Musical Application of Rudiments to the Drumset'' including CD, Modern Drummer Publications, Classics Series 2010
References
External links
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*
Joe Morello
at Drummer Cafe
*
Joe Morello
Interview for the NAMM Oral History Program
Rutgers Graduate Thesis on Joe Morello by his student Marvin Burock
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1928 births
2011 deaths
People from Irvington, New Jersey
Musicians from New Jersey
Musicians from Springfield, Massachusetts
American jazz drummers
Jazz musicians from Massachusetts
Dave Brubeck Quartet members