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Charles Tyler Ensemble The Celestrial Communication Orchestra Prima Materia Charles Gayle Quartet Arthur Doyle Quartet Frank Lowe Sextet BMN Trio Claude Lawrence Trio Dennis Charles Triangle Frode Gjerstad Quartet Yuko Fujiyama Quartet Trio Viriditas Kevin Norton's Metaphor Quartet John Bickerton Trio The Sound Visions Orchestra Borgmann / Morris / Charles Trio Bob Ackerman Trio Marco Eneidi Quintet Roy Campbell Quartet One World Ensemble Wilber Morris Trio Steve Swell's Unified Theory of Sound Noah Howard Trio Quartet + 1

ex Noah Howard Quartet, Billy Bang Sextet, Billy Bang Quintet, David Murray Octet, The Burton Greene Trio, Arthur Doyle Trio, David Murray Quartet, Lou Grassi's PoBand, Frank Lowe Quintet, Ehran Elisha Ensemble, Luther Thomas Quartet, Luther Thomas Quintet, Avram Fefer Quartet, Thomas Borgmann Trio

American Free Jazz bassist born November 27, 1937, Los Angeles, California. Wilber died of cancer on August 8, 2002, Livingston, New Jersey. Mainstay in David Murray's Octet, and member of a Free Jazz trio together with Thomas Borgmann and Denis Charles; older brother of trumpeter Lawrence Butch Morris.

ALBUMS


Vincent Chancey / Wilber Morris / Warren Smith
The Spell: The Vincent Chancey Trio Live, 1987
2020, ,
Free Jazz
Borah Bergman, Wilber Morris, Sunny Murray
Monks
2019, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, some real music, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Thomas Borgmann, Wilber Morris, Reggie Nicholson
Nasty & Sweet
2013, ,
Free Jazz
Thomas Borgmann / Wilber Morris / Denis "Jazz" Charles*
Live In Poland
2010
Bobby Few, Avram Fefer, Wilber Morris
Few And Far Between
2002, CD, Album, Boxholder Records
Ali* / Belogenis* / Morris*
Live At Tonic
2001, CD, Album, DIW
Wilber Morris & Reggie Nicholson
Drum String Thing
2000, CD, Album, CIMP
BMN Trio, Thomas Borgmann - Wilber Morris - Reggie Nicholson
...You See What We're Sayin'?
1999, CD, Album, CIMP
Ehran Elisha • Roy Campbell • Wilber Morris
Suite Empathy
1998, CD, Cadence Jazz Records
One World Ensemble - Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Yuko Fujiyama, Susie Ibarra, Wilber Morris
Breathing Together
1997, CD, Album, Freedom Jazz, ,
Free Improvisation
Rashied Ali, Borah Bergman, Joe McPhee, Wilber Morris / Myra Melford Trio
The October Revolution
1996, CD, Album, Evidence (5), ,
Free Jazz
David Murray, Bobby Battle, Paul Zauner, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Hugh Ragin
Last Of The Hipmen
1989, CD, Album, Jazzline
David Murray, Dave Burrell, Wilber Morris, Victor Lewis
Lucky Four
1988, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles*, David Murray
Wilber Force
1984
Billy Bang With Don Cherry, Wilber Morris, Dennis Charles*
Untitled Gift
1982, LP, Album, Anima Productions, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Kevin Norton's Metaphor Quartet
Not Only In That Golden Tree...
2003, CD, Album, Clean Feed
BMN Trio
Live At Tunnel
2009, LP, Album, Qbico
Arthur Doyle Trio
Live At The Alterknit
2008, 12", S/Sided, Ltd, Whi, Qbico
Trio Viriditas
Live At Vision Festival VI
2008, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Joue Monk - Live At Sweet Basil, Volume 2
2006, CD, Album, Bleu Regard, ,
Free Jazz
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Live At Sweet Basil, Volume 1
2006, CD, Album, Bleu Regard
Trio Viriditas
Waxwebwind@ebroadway
2002, CD, Album, Clean Feed
Yuko Fujiyama Quartet
Re-entry
2001, CD, Album, CIMP
Roy Campbell Quartet
It's Krunch Time
2001, CD, Album, Thirsty Ear
Avram Fefer Quartet
Lucille's Gemini Dream
2001, CD, Album, CIMP
Quartet + 1
And Now I Can See Crows Mating In The Mist
2001, CD, Album, Cadence Jazz Records
Noah Howard Quartet
Live At The Unity Temple
2000, CD, Album, Ayler Records
Borgmann / Morris / Charles Trio
The Last Concert - Dankeschön
2000, CD, Album, Silkheart
John Bickerton Trio
Open Music
2000, CD, Album, CIMP
Charles Gayle Quartet
Daily Bread
1998, CD, Album, Black Saint
Ehran Elisha Ensemble
The Kicker
1998, CD, Album, CIMP
Frode Gjerstad Quartet
Through The Woods
1998, CD, Album, CIMP
Claude Lawrence Trio
Presenting
1997, CD, Album, CIMP, CIMP
Arthur Doyle Quartet
Live @ The Cooler
1996, CD, Album, The Lotus Sound, ,
Free Jazz
Luther Thomas Quartet
BAGin' It
1996, CD, Album, CIMP
Frank Lowe Quintet
Live From Soundscape
1994, CD, Album, DIW
Marco Eneidi Quintet
Final Disconnect Notice
1994, CD, Album, Botticelli Records
Wilber Morris Trio
Collective Improvisations
1994, ,
Free Jazz
Luther Thomas Quintet
"Don't Tell"! (Rhythmelodic Music)
1993, CD, Album, Creative Consciousness Records,
David Murray Quartet
Body And Soul
1993
David Murray Octet
Picasso
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Octet
Hope Scope
1991, CD,
David Murray Octet
New Life
1987, Vinyl No Barcode, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Octet
Murray's Steps
1983
Frank Lowe Quintet
Exotic Heartbreak
1982, ,
Free Jazz
David Murray Octet
Home
1982
Billy Bang Quintet
Invitation
1982
Billy Bang Quintet
Rainbow Gladiator
1981
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Folk And Mystery Stories
1980, LP, Album, Sonet, Sonet, ,
Free Jazz
David Murray Octet
Ming
1980, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Bob Ackerman Trio
Old & New Magic
CD, Album, Silkheart
Dennis Charles Triangle
Queen Mary
Wilber Morris Trio
Wilber Morris Trio
2015

APPEARANCES +


The Jazz Doctors
Intensive Care: Prescriptions Filled (The Billy Bang Quartet Sesssions 1983 / 1984)
2023, CD, Comp, Cadillac Records
David Murray
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note - Volume 2
2013, 7xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
David Murray Octets*
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
The Lou Grassi Po Band* With Marshall Allen
Live At The Knitting Factory Volume 1
2010, CD, Album, Porter Records, ,
Free Jazz
Eve Packer, Noah Howard
First And Last
2010, CD, Single, EPHereNowMusic
BMC Trio*
Live In Poland
2010
Prima Materia With Rashied Ali
Configurations (The Music of John Coltrane)
2009, 9xFile, MP3, Album, Blue Music Group
Various
Inside Out In The Open (An Expressionist Journey Into The World Known As Free Jazz)
2008, DVD-V, D/Sided, NTSC, PAL, ESP-Disk'
Frode Gjerstad Trio
A Sound Sight
2007, 3x File, ,
Free Jazz
David Murray
Lucky Four
2007
Burton Greene
Retrospective 1961-2005: Solo Piano (August 18, 2005)
2006, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Free Improvisation
Various
Rising Tones Cross (A Jazz Film By Ebba Jahn)
2005, DVD, NTSC, PAL, FilmPals, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
This Is Storehouse Music Volume 1 & 2
2005, 2xCD, Comp, VHS Leer,
Arthur Doyle
No More Crazy Women
2005, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Billy Bang
Sweet Space/Untitled Gift
2004, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, Dig, 8th Harmonic Breakdown, ,
Free Jazz
Alan Silva & The Celestrial Communication Orchestra
H.Con.Res.57 / Treasure Box
2003, 4xCD + Box, Ltd, Num, Eremite Records
Kevin Norton Quartet
The Dream Catcher (For Wilber Morris)
2003, CD, Album, CIMP, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Positive Knowledge
Live In New York
2003, CD, Album, Edgetone Records
Steve Swell's Unified Theory of Sound
This Now!
2003, CD, Cadence Jazz Records
Lou Grassi's PoBand And John Tchicai
ComPOsed
2002, CD, CIMP
Various
Classic Jazz: The Eighties
2002, 2x CD,
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
2001, CD, Album, Eremite Records
Lou Grassi's PoBand And Joseph Jarman
Joy Of Being
2001, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
Eve Packer & Noah Howard Trio
NY Woman
2001, CDr, Single, Altsax
Various
Exotics & Specials
2000, CD, Comp, Enja Records,
Ivo Perelman
The Eye Listens
2000, CD, Album, Boxholder Records
Marshall Allen with Lou Grassi's PoBand
PoZest
2000, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
Rob Brown Trio
Visage
2000, CD, Album, Marge
Eve Packer & Noah Howard
That Look
2000, CD, Boxholder Records
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 7
2000, CD, Comp, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
Various
Black Saint Story
2000, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Positive Knowledge
At The Center Of The Threshold
2000, 2xCD, Ear Light Records
Burton Greene Trio*
Throptics
1999, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Makanda Ken McIntyre*
A New Beginning
1999
Various
Vision Volume One: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, AUM Fidelity, ,
Free Jazz
Lou Grassi's PoBand
Mo' Po
1998, CD, Album, CIMP, CIMP
Thomas Borgmann Trio & Peter Brötzmann
Stalker Songs
1998, CD, Album, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
Borgmann, Morris, Charles*
Boom Swing
1998, CD, Album, Konnex Records
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 4
1998, CD, Comp, CIMP, CIMP
Various
CIMPosium - Volume 5
1998, CD, Comp, CIMP, CIMP, ,
Free Jazz
Eve Packer & Noah Howard Trio
West Frm 42nd
1998, CD, Altsax
Thomas Borgmann / Wilber Morris / Denis Charles*
Organic
1997, CD, Album, The Lotus Sound, ,
Free Jazz
Another INTERface*
Live At The BIM
1997, CD, ReEntry Records
Various
Black Saint/Soul Note Critics' Pick Sampler (Vol. 1)
1997, CD, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Post Bop
Bob Ackerman
Big Daddy
1997, CD, 4 Tay Inc
Charles Gayle
Testaments
1995, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Works
Andrew Lamb
Portrait In The Mist
1995, CD, Delmark Records
Lou Grassi
PoGressions
1995, CD, Cadence Jazz Records
Barry Wallenstein
In Case You Missed It
1995, CD, Album, Sky Blue Records
David Murray
David Murray
1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Black Saint, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
David Murray
Ballads For Bass Clarinet
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Vincent Chancey
Welcome Mr. Chancey
1993
David Murray
Remembrances
1991, CD, Album, DIW, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Warren Smith
Studio WIS 20th Anniversary Concert
1988, Cass, Album, Miff Music Company, ,
Free Jazz
Butch Morris
In Touch... But Out Of Reach
1982, LP, Album, Kharma
Billy Bang
Outline No. 12
1982, ,
Modern/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz
Arthur Blythe
Elaborations
1982, ,
Post Bop/Avantgarde
The Frank Lowe Sextet*
Skizoke
1981, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records, ,
Free Jazz
Billy Bang Sextet Featuring Frank Lowe
Sweet Space
1979, LP, Album, Anima Productions, ,
Free Jazz
Various
Spirit Of New Jazz
CD, Comp, Smplr, Silkheart, ,
Free Jazz/Modal/Free Improvisation
Butch Morris Connection*
Session – Recession
2xCD, Album, Ltd, Mara Records
Chris Chalfant
Convergence
CD, C. Chalfant Music
Amina* & Amiri Baraka
The Shani Project
CD, Brown Sound International Records
Various
Purple Box
2016, 5xCD + Box, Comp, S/Edition, Not Two Records
Various
CIMPosium -Volume 9
2001, CD, Comp, CIMP
Various
Omicron-Omega
2011, 10xLP, Comp, P/Unofficial + Box, Ltd, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico, Qbico