Al Morgan

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Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight The Rhythmakers The Mound City Blue Blowers Eddie Condon And His Band Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra Red McKenzie And The Celestial Beings Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers Mel Powell And His Orchestra Billy Banks And His Orchestra Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble Jam Session At Commodore Joe Bushkin Blue Boys

American jazz double-bass player. Please don’t confuse the singer and pianist Al Morgan with this one. The London Records releases belong to the later one.
Albert’s brothers, Sam and Isaiah were trumpeters and bandleader, Andrew was a jazz reedist.

Born : August 19, 1908 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Died : April 14, 1974 in Los Angeles, California.

ALBUMS

The Rhythmakers

The Rhythmakers 1932 The Complete Set-26 Tracks

Swing/Dixieland

The Mound City Blue Blowers

Hot Comb & Tin-Can

2005, CD, Comp, Vintage Music Productions,

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

2001, 5xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

Jump Blues/Swing

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

The Best Of Louis Jordan: Plays And Sings With His Tympany Five

2001, CD, Comp, Blues Forever,

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Volume 1: The Early Years 1930 - 1934

2001, 4xCD, Album, Comp, JSP Records,

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

1996, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Jump Blues/Swing/Rhythm & Blues

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

1992, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Circle

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Five Guys Named Moe - The Best Of

1991, CD, Comp, Vintage Jazz Classics

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Minnie The Moocher

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

1988, LP, Comp, Official (3),

Jump Blues/Boogie Woogie/Swing

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

1986, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Circle,

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

G.I. Jive 1940-47

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Minnie The Moocher, Smoky Joe And Co (1933-1934)

1975, LP, Comp, RCA,

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Yellow Dog Blues

1975, LP, Mono, Dixieland Jubilee, GNP Crescendo, GNP Crescendo

The Rhythmakers

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

On A Lark In Dixieland

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Just A Closer Walk With Thee

1958, 7", Cle, Lark Records (2),

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Darensbourg Salutes Handy

1958, 7", EP, Blu, Lark Records (2),

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Stardust / Stumbling

1958, 7", Blu, Lark Records (2),

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Martinque / Yellow Dog Blues

Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight

The Astoria Hot Eight

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Caldonia / Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

You Can't Get That No More / Mop! Mop!

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule / Buzz Me

Mel Powell And His Orchestra

When Did You Leave Heaven / Blue Skies

1944, Shellac, 10", Scr, Commodore

Mel Powell And His Orchestra

The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise / Mood At Twilight

1944, Shellac, 10", Commodore,

Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble

Blowing Up A Breeze / Monday At Minton's

Eddie Condon And His Band

Don't Leave Me Daddy / Fidgety Feet

Eddie Condon And His Band

More Tortilla B Flat / Lonesome Tag Blues

1942, Shellac, 12", Commodore

Eddie Condon And His Band

Tortilla B Flat / Mammy O'Mine

Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble

Gee, Ain't I Good To You / On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Angeline / Doin' The Rumba

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

How Come You Do Me Like You Do? / Swanee Lullaby

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

LP, Comp, T D RECORDS,

Joe Darensbourg And His Dixie Flyers

Joe Darensbourg

7", EP, Vogue Productions, Disques Vogue,

Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Orchestra

Margie / Emaline

APPEARANCES +

Frog Blues And Jazz Annual Number 5

2017, CD, Comp, Frog (7),

Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman

Complete Commodore & Decca Eddie Condon & Bud Freeman Sessions

2015, 8xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Dixieland/Swing

Coleman Hawkins

Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947

2012, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Fever - A Rhythm & Blues Trilogy

2011, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Le Son Du Maquis

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

2008, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Big Band/Swing/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Bop

The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 - New York, Chicago & Hollywood

2007, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

Swing/Stride/Big Band

Jazz Im New York Der Wilden Zwanziger

Coleman Hawkins

The Essential Sides Remastered 1929 - 1939

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Big Band

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RE, Box, Proper Records (2),

Dixieland/Swing/Big Band

The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 - A Handful Of Keys

2006, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

Stride/Swing/Big Band

Various, Bill Johnson

How Low Can You Go? : Anthology Of The String Bass (1925-1941)

Calypso/Bluegrass/Ragtime/Big Band/Gospel/Folk

Henry "Red" Allen

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Membran Music Ltd.,

Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar

Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing/Gypsy Jazz/Bop/Fusion/Modal/Post Bop/Pacific

L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)

2004, 10xCD, Comp, Le Chant Du Monde,

Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Ragtime/Swing/Dixieland

2004, CD, Comp, Complete Blues,

Modern Electric Blues/Texas Blues

2004, 5xDVD-V, PAL + Box, Hitech,

Breaking Out Of New Orleans 1922-1929

Jazz Goes Hawaiian

2003, CD, Comp, Retrieval,

Father Of Rhythm'n Blues & Rock'n Roll

2003, CD, Comp, Saga,

Rhythm & Blues/Jump Blues/East Coast Blues/Swing

Tenor Madness (A Tenor Sax Anthology)

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Cabu Masters Of Jazz,

Swing/Bop/Soul-Jazz/Modal/Easy Listening/Contemporary Jazz

Transcriptions 1944 & 1945

2002, CD, Comp, AB Fable

Louis Jordan 1938 - 1950

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Swing

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),

2001, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),

Classic Jazz: The Forties

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Red McKenzie, Volume II: 1927-1932 - Red McKenzie And His Music Box / The Mound City Blue Blowers

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Sensation Records (8),

The Chronological T-Bone Walker 1929-1946

2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

The Classic Sessions 1928-1949

Thomas "Fats" Waller*

The Alternative Takes In Chronological Order Volume 2 1929-1938

2000, CD, Comp, Neatwork

Coleman Hawkins

The Definitive Coleman Hawkins

Wingy Manone And His Orchestra*

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Frémeaux & Associés,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

1997, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Billy Banks And His Orchestra, Jack Bland & His Rhythmakers

1997, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Pee Wee Russell

The Commodore Story

Vocal/Dixieland/Swing

Roots Of Rhythm & Blues 1939-1945

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Minnie The Moocher

1996, CD, Comp, Marshall Cavendish,

Harlem Jazz (1928-33)

1996, CD, Album, Comp, RCA, BMG

The Classic Tracks

1996, CD, Comp, Kaz Records,

New Orleans & Dixieland

1996, CD, Album, Comp, RCA, BMG,

Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 18

1995, CD, Comp, Editions Atlas,

Jump Blues/Swing

Coleman Hawkins

New York Camden Londres Paris Chicago 1926 - 1944

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Eddie Condon 1928-1931

1995, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3),

Sizzling The Blues: Recorded In New Orleans 1927-1929

1995, CD, Comp, Frog (7)

Fats Waller & His Rhythm

Piano Rolls & Organ 1923 - 1938

1995, 4xCD, Comp, Mono, Cedar, Cedar,

New Orleans 1918-29, Where Jazz Was Born

Dixieland/Ragtime

The Indispensable Fats Waller - Volumes 5/6 (1936-1938)

Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing

1994, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

His Best Recordings 1930 - 1942

1994, CD, Comp, Best Of Jazz,

T-Bone Walker / Peter Chatman

This Life I'm Living

1993, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues

New Orleans In New Orleans

Dixieland/Big Band

Blues Masters, Volume 14: More Jump Blues

Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland

Volume 2 1931-1933 (Complete Edition)

1992, CD, Comp, Média 7,

Chu Berry*, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson

Mainstream Tenors

1991, CD, Comp, Rockin' Chair,

The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume III

1990, 20xLP + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Mosaic Records (2)

Pee Wee Russell

Historical Recording

The Complete Recordings Of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954

Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues/Electric Blues

Coleman Hawkins

The Most Important Recordings Of Cab Calloway

Swing/Jump Blues

The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume I

1988, 23xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Mosaic Records (2),

Swing/Stride/Vocal/Ballad

Chu Berry*, Lucky Thompson

Giants Of The Tenor Sax

Henry "Red" Allen

Henry Red Allen And His Friends 1932-56

1987, LP, Album, Meritt Record Society

The 1930s: The Small Combos

Thomas "Fats" Waller*

The Complete Early Band Works 1927-9

1930s Jazz Big Bands

1986, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

52nd Street Swing The Commodore Years

1986, 4xLP, Comp, Mono, Club, Book-Of-The-Month Records,

Swing/Boogie Woogie

The Permanent Goodman - A Portrait In Music Of The King Of Swing 1926-1945

Big Band/Swing/Ragtime

Jumping And Jiving Vol. 1

1985, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

King Of Swing - Small Combos

Louis Jordan And His Timpany Five*

Jivin' With Jordan

Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing/Rhythm & Blues

Big Bands: Big Band Bash

1984, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Time Life Music,

Big Bands: Big Band Bash

1984, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Hal + Box, Time Life Music, Time Life Music,

Cotton Club Stars

Swing/Big Band/Jump Blues

Coleman Hawkins

The Indispensable Coleman Hawkins "Body And Soul" (1927-1956)

On Film - Reet Petite & Gone- Unissued Soundtracks 1945-1947

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, Krazy Kat

1983, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Ragtime/Dixieland

The Indispensable Jack Teagarden

L'Era Dello Swing

1982, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, Musica Jazz,

1982, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz, Musica Jazz,

The Jazz Singers

Pee Wee Russell

Giants Of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell

Dixieland/Swing

Ragtime/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Henry "Red" Allen

Giants Of Jazz: Henry "Red" Allen

A Giant Of The Tenor Sax 1938 And 1941

Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1941-1947)

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

1979, LP, Comp, Ltd, Meritt Record Society,

Dixieland/Swing/Big Band

Giants Of Jazz - Jack Teagarden

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra*

Minnie The Moocher 1933-1934 Recordings

Mel Powell, Joe Bushkin

The World Is Waiting 1942-1946

Laughing In Rhythm

1978, LP, Comp, Stash Records Inc.,

Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Coleman Hawkins

The Complete Coleman Hawkins - Volume 1 (1929-1940) "Body And Soul"

1976, LP, Comp, RE, RCA, RCA,

Coleman Hawkins

The Complete Coleman Hawkins - Volume 1 (1929-1940) "Body And Soul"

1976, LP, Comp, RE, Bla, RCA, RCA,

Reefer Songs (16 Original Jazz Classics)

Big Band/Vocal/Swing

Tea Pad Songs Volume One

Pot, Spoon, Pipe And Jug - 14 Jazz Vocals And Reefer Songs

Fats Waller And His Rhythm*

Complete Recordings Volume 13 (1937/1938)

1974, LP, Comp, RCA

Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session

Coleman Hawkins

Recordings Made Between 1930 And 1941

1973, 2xLP, Comp, CBS,

Lester Young, Chu Berry* & Ben Webster

The Tenor Sax: Lester Young, Chu Berry & Ben Webster

African Ripples

Wingy Manone, Vol. 1

The Great Swinging Tenor Saxophones

Tenor Hierarchy

Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Sidney De Paris

Era Of The Swing Trumpet

1964, LP, Comp, Mono, Promo, Mainstream Records,

New Orleans Jazz: The 'Twenties

Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Sidney De Paris

Era Of The Swing Trumpet

Era Of The Clarinet

Mound City Blue Blowers*

Treasury Of Jazz No.14

1962, 7", EP, Mono, RCA, RCA Victor

A History Of Jazz: The New York Scene

Bop/Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

1960, 7", EP, Fontana, Fontana,

1960, LP, Mono, Commodore,

Chu Berry's Jazz Ensemble* / Hawkins - Tatum All Stars

1956, 7", Jazztone (2),

Sabby Lewis And His Orchestra*

Ding-A-Ling (Coo Coo Mop) / Kenny's Blues

1956, 7", Single, ABC-Paramount

Lester Young And Chu Berry*

Prez And Chu (Tops on Tenor)

1955, LP, Comp, Mono, Jazztone (2)

New Orleans Rhythm Kings Featuring Paul Mares / Jones And Collins Astoria Hot Eight* Featuring Lee Collins (2) And Sidney Arodin / John Hyman's Bayou Stompers Featuring Johnny Wiggs

New Orleans Styles

1954, 10", Comp, "X"

Eddie Condon's Hot Shots

Jimmy Tyler And His Orchestra

Little Jim / Take It Away

1952, Shellac, 10", Promo, Federal (5)

The Sabby Lewis Orchestra*

Sabby Lewis Jumps

1950, 10", Album, Solitaire

Sabby Lewis Orchestra

I Can't Give You Anything But Love / King For A Day

1948, Shellac, 10", Crystal Tone

Sabby Lewis And His Orchestra*

Edna / Alone In The City Blues

1946, Shellac, 10", Continental (6)

Sabby Lewis And His Orchestra*

Are You Comin' Home, John / Boston Bounce

1946, Shellac, 10", Continental (6)

Bing Crosby And Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

(Yip Yip De Hootie) My Baby Said Yes / Your Socks Don't Match

"Fats" Waller And His Buddies*

The Minor Drag / Ridin' But Walkin'

Billy Banks And His Orch.*

Margie / Oh! Peter (You're So Nice)

Red McKenzie And The Mound City Blue-Blowers*

Hello, Lola / One Hour

Wingie Manone And His Orchestra*

Stop The War / Mama's Gone, Goodbye

1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Jones And Collins' Astoria Hot Eight*

Damp Weather / Tip Easy Blues

Red McKenzie And The Mound City Blue Blowers*

Never Had A Reason To Believe In You / Tailspin Blues

"Fats" Waller And His Rhythm*

You Fit Into The Picture / Every Day's A Holiday

1938, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice

"Fats" Waller And His Rhythm*

Am I In Another World? / My First Impression Of You

1938, Shellac, 10", Victor

Billy Banks & The Rhythmakers*

Yellow Dog Blues / Yes Suh!

Mound City Blue Blowers*

Georgia On My Mind / I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Fats Waller And His Buddies

Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad / I Need Someone Like You

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 8

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Odeon Swing Music Series Vol. 9

LP, Comp, Odeon

The Rhythmakers, Joe Sullivan, Eddie Condon, Fats Waller

LP, Comp, Jazz Archives,

CD, Comp, Saga,

Eddie Condon's Chicago Rhythm Kings*

Margie / Oh! Peter (You're So Nice)

Shellac, 10", RE, Brunswick

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra 1933-1934

LP, Comp, RCA Victor

Maxie Kaminsky*

10", Album, Mono, Commodore,

Henry "Red" Allen

The Rhythmakers

10", Comp, Only For Collectors

The Rhythmakers / New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Take It Slow And Easy

2xCD, Comp, History,

Red McKenzie And The Mound City Blue Blowers / Frank Trumbauer And His Orchestra*

I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You / Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Shellac, 10", Columbia,

CD, Comp, RE, ABC Records (3),

Dixieland Classics

Fats Waller Organ / Piano Vol. 2

Ragtime/Dixieland

Chu Berry And His Jazz Ensemble / Coleman Hawkins And Chocolate Dandies*

Immortal Swing Sessions 1938 - 1943

Billy Banks & His Orchestra*

Spider Crawl / Bugle Call Rag

Great Jazz Reeds

Dixieland/Big Band/Swing

Early Viper Jive: 1927-1933

Big Band/Piano Blues/Dixieland

The Fabulous Fifties - 1950

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music,

Eddie Condon And His Orchestra Featuring Pee Wee Russell

10", Unofficial, Jolly Roger (2)

Fats Waller - First Recordings 1922-1929

LP, Comp, Mono, Unofficial, Blue Ace