Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff; February 8, 1919 – September 27, 2010), also known as Moe Zudekoff, was an American trombonist and bandleader.

Career

On a scholarship at age 16, Morrow studied trombone with Ernest Horatio Clarke (1865–1947) at

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from October to December 1936. During the next year he began playing trombone with Sharkey Bonano's Sharks of Rhythm, an Eddie Condon group. He then worked with

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, and

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. He became known as "Buddy Morrow" in 1938 when he joined the

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band. In 1939 he performed with

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's Concert Orchestra for their recording of Gershwin's '' Concerto in F''. In 1940, Morrow joined the

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band, but this was only a short detour on his way to replacing

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in the

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band. Shortly thereafter, he joined the U.S. Navy, during which he recorded with Billy Butterfield, leading a ten-piece band with three trombones, accompanying Red McKenzie singing four arrangements, including " Sweet Lorraine" and " It's the Talk of the Town". After demobilization, Morrow joined

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's band, then went into radio freelancing as a studio musician. He began conducting sessions, which introduced him to bandleading.

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sponsored him as director of his band in 1951. The band's first hit, " Night Train" by Jimmy Forrest, was a hit in rhythm and blues. Morrow's early 1950s records such as "Rose, Rose, I Love You" and "Night Train" appeared on the ''

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'' magazine charts. "Night Train" reached No. 12 in the U.K. Singles Chart in March 1953. In 1959 and 1960 Morrow's Orchestra released two albums of American television theme songs: ''Impact'' and ''Double Impact'' respectively. Morrow was a member of

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. Morrow led the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 1977 through September 24, 2010, when he appeared with the band for the final time. Morrow died on September 27, 2010. He was 91."Deaths in Central Florida: Muni B. Morrow", ''Orlando Sentinel'', Sept 30, 2010

Discography

* ''Re-enlistment Blues'' (?, 1953) * ''Shall We Dance'' (Mercury, 1955) * ''Golden Trombone'' (Mercury, 1956) * ''Music for Dancing Feet'' (Wing, 1956) * ''A Salute to the Fabulous Dorseys'' (Mercury, 1957) * ''Tribute to a Sentimental Gentleman'' (Mercury, 1957) * ''Night Train'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * ''Dancing Tonight to Morrow'' (RCA Victor, 1958) * ''Let's Have a Dance Party!'' (RCA Camden, 1958) * ''Just We Two'' (Mercury, 1958) * ''Impact'' (RCA Victor, 1959) * ''Double Impact'' (RCA Victor, 1960) * ''Poe For Moderns'' (RCA Victor, 1960) * ''Night Train Goes to Hollywood'' (Mercury, 1962) * ''New Blues Scene'' (United Artists, 1967) * ''Revolving Bandstand'' (RCA, 1974) * ''Big Band Series.Original Recording'' (Picc-a-Dilly, 1980) * ''The Complete R.C.A. Victor Revolving Bandstand Sessions'' (RCA, 1993) * ''Swing the Sinatra Way'' (Hindsight, 1998)

As sideman

With

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* ''

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'' (MPS, 1970) * ''Basie's Timing'' (MPS, 1972) With the Free Design * ''Kites Are Fun'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1967) * ''Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1970) With

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* ''Tis the Season'' (Capitol, 1967) * ''A Taste of Brass for Lovers Only'' (Capitol, 1967) With Urbie Green * ''21 Trombones'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1967) * ''21 Trombones Rock/Blues/Jazz Volume Two'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969) * ''Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1974) With

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* ''Volume II'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969) * ''Big Hits of the 20's'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1971) * ''The Big Band Sound of the Thirties'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1971) * ''Big Band Hits of the 30's & 40's'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1971) * ''1973'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1972) * ''The Big Band Hits of the 40s & 50s'' (Project 3 Total Sound, 1973) With Flip Phillips * ''Flip Phillips Collates'' (Clef, 1952) * ''Flip'' (Verve, 1961) With Lee Wiley * ''Back Home Again'' (Monmouth Evergreen, 1971) * ''I've Got the World On a String'' (Ember, 1972) With others * Gato Barbieri, '' Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata'' (Impulse!, 1974) *

, ''South Rampart Street Parade'' (Decca, 1992) * Marty Gold, ''Suddenly It's Springtime'' (RCA Victor, 1964) *

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, ''Singin' with the Big Bands'' (Arista, 1994) *

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, ''Dude'' (Kilmarnock, 1973) *

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, ''The Disco Kid'' (Avco, 1975) * Moondog, ''Moondog'' (Columbia Masterworks, 1969) *

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, '' Mr. Fathead'' (Warner Bros., 1976) *

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, ''Everything's Coming Up Love'' (Motown, 1976) *

, ''Rhythm Makers'' (Magic 1987) * Joe Thomas, ''Masada'' (Groove Merchant, 1975) *

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, ''Summertime'' (CBS, 1984) * Bob Wilber & Maxine Sullivan, ''The Music of Hoagy Carmichael'' (Audiophile, 1993)

References

* ''ASCAP Biographical Dictionary,'' Fourth edition, Compiled for the

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by Jaques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker, New York (1980) * ''The Big Bands,'' revised edition, by George T. Simon,

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, New York; Collier Books (1974) * ''Biographical Dictionary of Jazz'', by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005),

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, Englewood Cliffs (1982) * ''Biography Index, A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines'', Volume 2: August, 1949-August, 1952,

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, New York (1953) * ''Biography Index, A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines'', Volume 18: September, 1992-August, 1993,

, New York (1993) * ''The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950'', three volumes, by Roger Davis Kinkle (1916–2000), Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle (1974) (bios located in vols. 2 and 3) * ''Dictionary of Pseudonyms,'' third edition, by Adrian Richard West Room (1933- ), McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC (1998) * ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', third edition, eight volumes, ed. by

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, Grove's Dictionaries, New York (1998) * ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' first edition, two volumes, ed. b
Barry Kernfeld
Macmillan Press, London (1988) * ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' ed. b
Barry Kernfeld

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, New York (1994) * ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz,'' second ed., three volumes, ed. b
Barry Kernfeld
Macmillan Press, London (2002) * ''The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music,'' ed. by Donald Clarke,

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, New York (1989) * ''Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street,'' by John Chilton, Chilton Book Co., Philadelphia (1972)

Inline citations

External links

Profile of Buddy Morrow at Spaceagepop.com

"Still Swinging" (1994)

* ttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/nyregion/03morrow.html?ref=obituaries Daniel E. Slotnik, ''Buddy Morrow, Trombonist and Bandleader, Dies at 91'', The New York Times, Oct 2, 2010
Eloísa Ruano González, ''Buddy Morrow, Big-Band Leader, Dies at 91'', Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 2, 2010
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