Morgan Ames

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Morgan Ames is an American singer, songwriter, conductor, arranger, instructor, editor and writer. She has written over 100 liner notes and has reviewed albums for Stereo Review and has written a feature article on Joni Mitchell.

ALBUMS

Silent Night, Deadly Night

2020, Vinyl Red/Orange Swirl [Chimney Hellfire],

Novelty/Soundtrack/Holiday

Perry Botkin* / Morgan Ames

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Ian Freebairn-Smith, Morgan Ames, Continental Airlines

The Other Side Of Clouds

1971, 7", Promo, Proud Bird Records

Voices Of Christmas

2002, CD, Album, Promo, Victor

Voices Of Christmas

2000, Cass, Album, Victor

Digital Big Band Bash!

The End Of The Sky

1989, CD, Single, Promo, Cypress Records, A&M Records

The End Of The Sky

Music Hall/Swing/Easy Listening

Big Band/Swing/Easy Listening

Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra*

Diane Schuur And The Count Basie Orchestra

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

1979, LP, Album, RCA

Another Beginning

1974, Vinyl Monarch Press,

Gene McDaniels*

Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow

APPEARANCES +

Dave* & Maurissa* / Disco Sparks Feat. Christine Wiltshire & The D.S. Orchestra

What About My Love / Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow

Disco/Contemporary R&B/Soul

50 Years Of TV's Greatest Hits - Vol. 2

2023, 2xLP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Cle, Lmlr

Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981

2023, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records,

Disco/Funk/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Story Of Quincy Jones

2022, LP, Album, RE, 180 + 2xLP, Album, 180 + LP, Album,, Vinyl Me, Please,

The United States Air Force Band* Featuring The Airmen Of Note With Guest Artists Sean Jones (2), Ted Nash, Diane Schuur

The 2022 Jazz Heritage Series

2022, CD, Not On Label (United States Air Force Band Self-released),

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head/Close To You + Bonus Track/Johnny Mathis In Person: Recorded Live At Las Vegas

2022, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Sli, BGO Records,

Silent Night, Deadly Night (Original Score)

Amistad (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2022, 2x CD 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition,

Score/Soundtrack

The Airmen Of Note

The 72nd Annual Midwest Clinic

2018, CD, Mark Records,

2018, 2x CD Digipack,

Contemporary Jazz/Swing

Theme From S.W.A.T. & Send In The Clowns

2017, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp, Quad, RM, Vocalion,

Theme/Easy Listening

Cool Heat (The Best Of CTI Records)

Fusion/Smooth Jazz

The New Christy Minstrels

Ramblin' Featuring Green, Green [Expanded Edition]

Massimo Faraò Trio, Byron Landham , Special Guest Fulvio Albano

Music From The American TV Shows

The Millikin University Choir*, Brad Holmes

2014, CD, First Step Records,

Jimmie Spheeris

The Dragon Is Dancing / Ports Of The Heart

2014, 2xCD, Comp, BGO Records,

Airmen Of Note*

2014, 17xFile, MP3, Album, 320, The United States Air Force Band

Gloria - Vespers 2013

2013, CD, Album, First Step Records,

The Best Of Merry Clayton

2013, CD, Comp, Ode Records (2), Legacy,

Big Band Zzmaji

Without The Moon

2013, 2xCD, Album, ŠKUC,

Blow It Out / Intimate Strangers / Street Beat

Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Original Album Series

2012, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Rhino Records (2), Warner Music, Atlantic,

This Mother's Daughter / I've Never Been To Me

2012, CD, Comp, Soul Music.com Records,

Umo Jazz Orchestra Meets Magnum Coltrane Price With Guest Stars Nils Landgren & Viktoria Tolstoy

2012, CD, Album, Blue Note

Joyful Noise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Country/Score/Gospel/Vocal/Contemporary R&B

The Airmen Of Note, New York Voices, Joey DeFrancesco, Gary Smulyan, Dick Golden

The Jazz Heritage Series 2010 Radio Broadcasts

2010, Box + 3xCD, Not On Label,

These Are Special Times

2010, CD, Smplr, Sony Music,

Rhythm Heritage

Sky's The Limit

100 No. 1 Hits Uit De Top 40

2009, 5xCD, Comp, Universal,

These Are Special Times Holiday Fireplace

2009, DVD Region 1,

Ballad/Downtempo/Easy Listening/Soft Rock/Holiday

From Generation To Generation - Vespers 2008

2008, CD, Album, First Step Records

Seventies Top 100 Vol.2

2007, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Universal Music,

AOR/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/New Wave/Synth-pop/Disco/Space Rock/Soft Rock

Antoinette Montague

2006, CD, Album, Consolidated Artists Productions

Sonia Rosa = ソニア・ローザ*

Depois Do Nosso Tempo = 私たちの時代の後で

Living With War ("In The Beginning")

Folk Rock/Hard Rock

Sammy Davis Jr.

The Definitive Collection

Theme/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Soundtrack/Soul-Jazz

Living With War

Folk Rock/Hard Rock

Inspired (Standards - Good For The Soul)

Easy Listening/Vocal

James Newton Howard

King Kong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Score/Contemporary/Modern/Soundtrack

A Song In My Heart

2004, CD, Album, Coda Records (8)

Voices Of Concord Jazz - Live At Montreux

Van Helsing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary

Lorraine Feather

2003, CD, Album, Sanctuary,

Vocal/Ballad/Swing/Contemporary Jazz

Orchestra Jazz dell'Università di Salerno / Musicateneo Big Band

2003, CD, Album, Università Degli Studi Di Salerno

I'll Take Romance

2003, HDCD, Album, Linn Records

The Matrix Revolutions: Music From The Motion Picture

Soundtrack/Modern Classical/Techno/Industrial

A Movie For Daddy (Scores To Groove The Screens By Blue Note)

Let's Roll: Together In Unity Faith And Hope

2002, CD, Comp, 770 Records,

Strut' N' Get Up - Funky Fat Slices Of Groove Cut From Blue Note

2002, 3x Vinyl,

Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues

The John Tesh Project

Gospel/Religious

Crime-Stoppers: TV's Greatest Cop Themes

Too Hot To Sleep

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Fantasy,

Disco/Soul/Ballad/Funk

Tasty Bits & Spicy Flicks

1999, CD, Album, Moon Ska

A Christmas To Remember

Acoustic/Gospel/Vocal/Ballad/Easy Listening/Holiday

Het Gevoel Van De Seventies - Deel 2

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Endemol Entertainment,

Western Illinois University Jazz Studio Orchestra Directed By Dale Hopper Featuring Kimberly Wilson

1998, CD, Sea Breeze Vista,

Vince Gill With Patrick Williams And His Orchestra

Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection

Country/Holiday

These Are Special Times

TV Terror: Felching A Dead Horse

Goth Rock/Electro/Drum n Bass/Downtempo/Industrial

Les Meilleurs Génériques Des Séries T.V Américaines - 70's

Classic Was The Day

Mission Accomplished: Themes For Spies & Cops

1996, CD, Comp, Hip-O Records,

1996, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Sheffield Lab,

This Is It - The Best Of Melba Moore

1995, CD, Comp, Razor & Tie

Jingle Bell Jam (Jazz Christmas Classics)

1994, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2)

Radio City Classic Hits The 70's

Aquarela Do Brasil

Shaken Not Stirred

Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz

Supreme Love Gods

1993, CD, Maxi, Def American Recordings

Michael Feinstein

Musical/Ballad/Vocal

Abraham Laboriel

The Christmas Album

Soft Rock/Soul/Holiday

Soul-Jazz/Synth-pop/Rhythm & Blues

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal/Big Band

The Power Of Seven

Contemporary Jazz

Rhino Presents: Home For Christmas

Vocal/Rock & Roll/Country/Folk/Rhythm & Blues/Holiday

University Of Nevada, Reno Jazz Lab I, Larry Engstrom

Point Of Origin

1991, CD, Album, University of Nevada, Reno

Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Ginseng Woman / Multiplication

Brasilian Serenata

For The Boys (Music From The Motion Picture)

Soundtrack/Vocal/Swing

Yasuko Agawa = 阿川泰子*

Come In Christmas

1990, CD, Album, Invitation,

Theme/Funk/Vocal/Disco

Modern Classical

Shelly Manne / Bill Evans With Monty Budwig + Bill Evans / Shelly Manne With Eddie Gomez

Empathy + A Simple Matter Of Conviction

Le Disque Des Séries Américaines Vol 1/2 - Tubes Cathodiques

Music Hall/Lounge/Theme/Big Band/Easy Listening

Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, Chick Corea, Diane Schuur, Tom Scott

Michael Feinstein

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Pop Rock

Plays Johnny Mandel Quietly There

Sue Raney With Bob Florence Trio*

Sings The Music Of Johnny Mandel

1983, LP, Album, Discovery Records,

Christopher John And His Orchestra*

Golden T.V.-Themes Vol. 2

1983, LP, Album, Music For Pleasure

1982, LP, Comp, CTI Records

Steven & Sterling

One Magic Night

Soul/Boogie/Disco

Barbara Mandrell

In Black & White

1982, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

Judi Sheppard Missett

Contemporary Jazz/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Swing/Funk/Health-Fitness

Amanda McBroom & Lincoln Mayorga

1981, Vinyl Direct Disc Recording,

It Hurts To Be In Love

The Shining Sea

Wilbert Longmire

With All My Love

Charlie Shoemake

4 Estrellas De Arista

Ballad/Pop Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Let's Do It Today

Wilbert Longmire

Crystal Clear / But I Love You

1979, LP, Album, United Artists Records,

Los Chiquitines

Jacky / El Tren Se Va / Queria Un Gato Negro / Baretta

1979, 7", EP, BP (2)

Baretta's Theme

1979, 7", Promo, Demo (7)

Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz

You Know How To Love Me

1979, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Greatest T.V. Themes

1978, LP, Comp, EMI, EMI,

Soundtrack/Theme/Jazz-Funk/Disco

T.V. Smash Hits

1978, LP, Album, Ampro

If Ever I See You Again

Daly Wilson Big Band*

Too Good For A One Night Stand

Disco/Big Band/Jazz-Funk

Intimate Strangers

1978, Vinyl Terre Haute Pressing,

Glenn Yarbrough

Live At Doug Weston's Troubadour

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sings The Great TV-Tunes

1977, LP, Album, 20th Century Fox Records

Music Corporation, Ray Davies

1977, 7", EP, Young

Temas Dos Filmes Da Televisão

1977, 7", EP, CID

Blue Lights In The Basement

1977, Vinyl PR,

Ernestine Anderson

Hello Like Before

The Soul Patrol

Disco Dynamite!

1977, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Funk

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sommerdiskotek - Disco

1977, Cassette,

Sammy Davis Jr.

A Live Performance Of His Greatest Hits

Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk

Finger Paintings

1977, Vinyl All Disc Pressing,

Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz

Jose Marcello Orchestra*

1976, LP, Album, Papillon, Papillon,

1976, LP, Telestar,

Easy Listening/Schlager/Disco

Etsin Kunnes Löydän Sun

1976, LP, Album, Finnlevy

Rune Gustafsson

1976, LP, Album, Sonet,

Sammy Davis, Jr.*

Baretta's Theme / Chico And The Man (Main Theme)

1976, 7", Philips

1976, Cass, Telestar

1976, LP, Pickwick, Pickwick,

Sammy Davis Jr.

The Song And Dance Man

Soul Hit Explosion 2

Pop Før - Pop Nu

Joepie's Summer Disco

Rhythm Heritage

Caravan / Baretta's Theme

Today's T.V. Hits

Rhythm Heritage

Discovered Again!

Barreta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)

Sammy Davis, Jr.*

Baretta's Theme / Chico And The Man (Main Theme)

Rhythm Heritage

Barretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) / My Cherie Amour

The Cop Show Themes

Theme From S.W.A.T. And Other TV Themes

This Mother's Daughter

Sammy Davis, Jr.*

Baretta's Theme

My New Celebrity Is You - Vol. III

Jimmie Spheeris

The Dragon Is Dancing

1975, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing,

Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Ethereal

Paxton Brothers

The Paxton Bro.

1975, 2x Vinyl,

Pyramid Of Love And Friends

Hustle To Survive

Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow

1975, Vinyl Terre Haute Press,

Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)

Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Theme

Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker

I've Got The Music In Me

1975, Vinyl Direct-To-Disk, Gatefold,

Uptown Saturday Night

Glenn Yarbrough

Come On Back Where You Belong

Walking In Space / Gula Matari

1973, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Soul-Jazz/Big Band/Jazz-Funk

The Getaway The Love Theme ("Faraway Forever")

Cinderella Liberty

Look At The Children / Doncha Know (The Letter)

Featuring 'If I Could Write A Song'

In Person - Recorded Live At Las Vegas

1972, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Vocal/Easy Listening

Greatest Hits (The Early Years)

Vocal/Swing/Easy Listening

The World Of Lynn Anderson

1971, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Soul/Rhythm & Blues

Sly And The Family Stone*

Dance To The Music

If He Walked Into My Life

Ray Conniff And The Singers

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

Adventures In Time

Sings His All-Time Hall Of Fame Hits

Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Sly & The Family Stone

Miles Davis At Fillmore

Milt Jackson Quintet Featuring Ray Brown

That's The Way It Is

Bill Perkins Quintet Featuring Victor Feldman

Antonio Carlos Jobim, The Ray Brown Orchestra* Arranged By Quincy Jones

Music From "The Adventurers"

Jazz-Funk/Soundtrack

O. C. Smith's Greatest Hits

Walking In Space

Hugo Montenegro

More Or Les McCann

Will Schaefer Band

The Big Colorful Expensive Slightly Rock Instrumental Sophisticated Loud Thundering Un-Heard

Mannix (Themes From The Original Score Of The Paramount Television Show)

Bossa Nova/Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening/Soundtrack/Theme

Big Band/Easy Listening

What The World Needs Now - Stan Getz Plays Bacharach And David

In A Lonely Place

Further Conversations With Myself

Live At Bohemian Caverns - Washington, D.C.

Harry Belafonte

Belafonte On Campus

Bill Evans, Shelly Manne, Eddie Gomez

A Simple Matter Of Conviction

Big Ben Strikes Again

Ruth Price / Johnny Mandel

Quietly There / Harper (Main Title)

1966, 7", Promo, Mainstream Records

The Swingle Singers* With The Modern Jazz Quartet

Encounter: The Swingle Singers Perform With The Modern Jazz Quartet

Chet Baker and The Carmel Strings

Love Is A Special Feeling

Harper (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Soundtrack/Soul-Jazz

60 Grosse Film Und TV-Hits

Box, Ltd + 3xLP, Comp, Laser (2),

Theme/Easy Listening

LP, Album, Action Records (11)

Golden Melodies In Rhythm

LP, Comp, Lolipop, Lolipop

Andrea Baker & Steve Wilkerson

"Quietly There" The Music Of Johnny Mandel

CD, Album, Powerhousejazzrecords & Productions,

Unohtumattomat TV Sävelet

Television's Greatest Hits 70's & 80's

Pop Rock/Novelty/Synth-pop

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits 1960-1965

Tonight: In Person

Stonewall Jackson

Me And You And A Dog Named Boo

De Pre Historie - De Jaren 70 Volume 2

2x CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set,

Pop Rock/Soul/Ballad/Disco

The Cinema Of Quincy Jones

2016, 6xCD, Comp, Decca,

Smooth Jazz/Soul-Jazz

Sylvester / Step II

Gospel/Soul/Disco

100 Songs 70s Groove

2018, 5x CD, Box Set,

Living With War

Folk Rock/Hard Rock

These Are Special Times

Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra*

Diane Schuur And The Count Basie Orchestra

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

The Cop Show Themes

Blue Lights In The Basement