Morty Corb

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Paul Smith Quartet Pete Kelly And His Big Seven Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band Bob Crosby And His Orchestra Louie Bellson Orchestra Jerry Gray And His Orchestra Morty Corb And His Dixie All-Stars The Barney Kessel Quartet Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Jazz Quartet Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Sextet The Jack Teagarden All-Stars Ray Bauduc And The Bob-Cats Gene Krupa Combo Benny Goodman With Strings Jess Stacy and His Trio The Bobby Gordon Quartet

American jazz double-bassist.
Born : April 10, 1917 in San Antonio, Texas.
Died : January 13, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Morty played with : Gus Bivona, Pete Fountain, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, Louis Armstrong, Claude Thornhill, Jess Stacy, Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Earle Spencer, Bob Crosby and many others.

ALBUMS

Ted Nash (2) With Dick Nash, Tony Rizzi, Alvin Stoller, Morty Korb*

The Music Of Frank Comstock

1954, 10", Album, Mono, Starlite (7),

Cool Jazz/Swing/Easy Listening

Paul Smith Quartet

The Sound Of Music

Bob Crosby And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Bob Crosby, 1952-1953

1987, LP, Album, Mono, Hindsight Records (2)

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

Creole Jazz Band

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

Bob Crosby And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Bob Crosby, Vol. 2, 1952-1953

Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Jazz Quartet

Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Jazz Quartet

1980, LP, Album, Henri Records

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

The Many Faces Of Jazz Vol. 15

Morty Corb And His Dixie All-Stars

Strictly From Dixie

The Barney Kessel Quartet

Heat Wave / East Of The Sun

1953, Shellac, 10", Clef Records

Jerry Gray And His Orchestra

I Love The Sunshine Of Your Smile / Yeah ! Yeah ! Yeah !

1952, Shellac, 10", Decca,

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

Kid Ory And His Creole Jazz Band

APPEARANCES +

Jack Sheldon Quartet*, Cappy Lewis Quartet

A Jazz Profile Of Ray Charles; Get Happy With Cappy

2023, CD, Comp, RM, Fresh Sound Records

Ted Nash (2), Tony Rizzi

The Music Of Frank Comstock

2022, CD, Album, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

The Jazz Stylings of

The Guitars, Inc.

Ralph Marterie And The All Star Men

Music For A Private Eye · Big Band Man

2016, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Blue Moon (4),

The Day Of The Locust - Music From The Motion Picture

2016, CD Expanded ,

Soundtrack/Score

2014, 6xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Moochin' About,

Swing/Musical/Big Band

Down To Eartha Plus St. Louis Blues

2014, CD, Album, Comp, RE, RM, 24B, Jackpot Records (9),

Jonah Jones Quartet* / Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra*

Jonah Jones / Glen Gray + That Righteous Feelin'

2014, CD, Comp, RM, Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas,

Frank Sinatra, Jean-Claude Götting

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Bdjazz,

Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong

2011, CD, Comp, Mono, Essential Jazz Classics,

Dixieland/Vocal

Laurence Rosenthal

A Raisin In The Sun / Requiem For A Heavyweight (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)

2010, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, Intrada,

Score/Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith

Players (Music From The Motion Picture)

Score/Contemporary

Benny Goodman Orchestra*

Classic Columbia And Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (1939-1958)

2008, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

New York Hollywood 1939 - 1955

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Swing/Vocal/Easy Listening

Cannonball Adderley

Big Band/Hard Bop

2003, 4xCD, Comp, Lon, Warner Jazz France,

Swing/Cool Jazz/Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Rhythm & Blues

Louis Armstrong

2003, CD, Comp, ZYX Music, Public Domain International,

The Drugstore's Rockin' Volume 1

2002, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Doo Wop/Country/Western Swing

Jerry Gray & His Orchestra*

Re-Stringin The Pearls 1949-1951 Recordings

2002, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, Jazz Band Records,

2001, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

The Best Of Dixieland

The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions

2000, 7xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

The Complete Anita O'Day Verve/Clef Sessions

1999, 9xCD, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions

1999, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), Universal Music Special Markets,

Live In Santa Monica • In Concert

1998, CD, Album, RE, RM, Hindsight Jazz

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?

Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues

1997, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records,

Vocal/Jump Blues

Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions

1997, 12x CD, Box Set,

Swing/Jump Blues/Ragtime

Tea Dance Jazz Party Vol. 1

1995, CD, Comp, Smplr, Mercury,

Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Swing/Vocal/Big Band

16 Most Requested Songs

Oscar Moore / Barney Kessel / Tal Farlow Plus The Nick Esposito Sextet

My Rifle, My Pony And Me

Soundtrack/Country/Score/Ballad

The Bobby Gordon Quartet Featuring Adele Girard Marsala*

Don't Let It End...

1992, CD, Album, Arbors Records

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*

This Kid's The Greatest!

Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone"

Louis Armstrong

Pasadena Concerts 1951•1956

Roy Wiegand And His Famous Dixieland Band

The Best From Hollywood

1989, CD-ROM, Album, Americatone International

Jazz-Club • Guitar

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

New Orleans Festival

Trilogy: Past, Present & Future

Remember New Orleans

Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars

In Concert At The Pasadena Civic Auditorium

Jazz En Verve Vol. 1

1985, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Jerry Gray And His Orchestra Featuring Tommy Traynor And Lynn Franklin

The Uncollected Jerry Gray, 1952

Betty O'Hara & Johnny Varro

Heinie Beau And His Hollywood Sextet With Bob Havens

Midnight Clarinet

1984, LP, Album, Henri Records, Henri Records

The Swing Era Curtain Call

1984, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

The Verve Collectors' Item

1983, Box + 4xLP, Mono, Dlx, Verve Records,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing/Hard Bop

The Swing Era Postwar Years

The Swing Era 1942 - 1944

1983, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

The Swing Era Encore

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

The Swing Era One More Time

1983, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

Benny Goodman Plays Gershwin

1982, Vinyl Superior Record Pressing, Gatefold,

Soul/Funk/Contemporary R&B

Joe Reichman And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Joe Reichman, 1944-1949

1981, LP, Mono, Hindsight Records (2),

Henry "Red" Allen

Giants Of Jazz: Henry "Red" Allen

1980, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Sidney Bechet, Mutt Carey, Wild Bill Davison, Edmond Hall, Ben Pollack

Giants Of Traditional Jazz

1980, 2x Vinyl,

Dixieland/Swing

Fusion/Smooth Jazz

The Modernaires

Remember... The Modernaires

Easy Listening/Vocal/Swing

50 Years Of Jazz Guitar

Kid Ory, Bunk Johnson

New Orleans Legends

1975, 2xLP, Comp, CBS

Earle Spencer And His New Band Sensation Of The Year

Introducing Earle Spencer And His New Band Sensation Of The Year - 1946 - Premiere 'Live' Performances Never Before Available

1974, LP, Ltd, First Heard Records, First Heard Records

Henry "Red" Allen And Kid Ory

Henry "Red" Allen And Kid Ory

Good Golly Ms. Molly

Harry James (2), Gene Krupa

Jazz History Vol. 4

1973, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Verve Records

Hilton "Nappy" Lamare And His Rendezvous Ballroom Orch.

Hilton "Nappy" Lamare And His Rendezvous Ballroom Orch.

1973, LP, Comp, Fairmont Records

Pete Fountain And His Mardi Gras Strutters

Mr. New Orleans

Bob Crosby Featuring The Bob Cats*

The Best Of Bob Crosby Featuring The Bob Cats

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Big Band/Dixieland

Louis Bellson / Mills Blue Rhythm Band*

Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory

Voyage A La Nouvelle Orléans

Winter Wonderland

Easy Listening/Holiday

The Best Of Pete Fountain

The Blue Angel Jazz Club

Jazz At Pasadena '69 Volume Two

The Great Jazz Men Vol. 1 (The Classic Collection Traditional)

Dixieland/Swing

Walking Through New Orleans

I've Got You Under My Skin

Harry Owens And The Royal Hawaiians*

Great Songs Of Hawaii

Easy Listening/Pacific

Red Roses For A Blue Lady

This is Judy Bright

Pete Fountain And His Mardi Gras Strutters

South Rampart Street Parade

1963, Vinyl Pinckneyville Press,

Beverly Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer

Pete Fountain's New Orleans At Midnight

Jonah Jones And The Quartet* / Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra*

Jonah Jones Quartet / Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra

1962, 7", Promo, Capitol Records,

The Guitars Inc.*

El Cumbanchero - (Chalypso)

1962, 7", EP, Warner Bros. Records

Pete Fountain's Music From Dixie

Pete Fountain, Al Hirt

Presenting Pete Fountain With Al Hirt - Bourbon Street

Pete Fountain With The Jubilee Singers And Charles Bud Dant And Orchestra*

Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet

The Banjo Kings

Enjoy The Good Old Days With

Pete Fountain, The Jubilee Singers, Charles Bud Dant*

Let The Good Times Roll

Beyond The Reef And Other Instrumental Favorites

Ralph Sutton (2) & Jess Stacy

Kid Ory And Red Allen*

We've Got Rhythm

Louis Bellson His Drums & Orch.*

Around The World In Percussion

1961, Vinyl Gatefold,

The Gilbert & Sullivan Jazz Workshop

The Coolest Mikado

Johnny Best And His All Stars And Dick Cathcart And His All Stars

Dixieland Left And Right

Pete Fountain With Charles Bud Dant And His Orchestra*

Dixieland/Swing

Gene Krupa , With Anita O'Day And Red Nichols

The Gene Krupa Story

Jonah Jones And The Quartet* / Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra*

Jonah Jones And The Quartet / Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra

1961, Vinyl Scranton Pressing,

Pete Fountain's French Quarter New Orleans

Matty Matlock And The Paducah Patrol

The Dixieland Story Vol. 2

George Cates' Polynesian Percussion

What Have I Done / Everybody Happy

1960, 7", Single, Fidelity (3)

Red Allen* / Kid Ory

Red Allen Meets Kid Ory

Ragtime Classics

Bing Crosby And Louis Armstrong

Pete Fountain / "Big" Tiny Little

Mr. New Orleans Meets Mr. Honky Tonk

Russ Morgan And His Wolverine Band

Russ Morgan And His Wolverine Band

Kid Ory With Red Allen*

Honeysuckle Rose

1959, 7", EP, Barclay

Kid Ory With Red Allen*

Blues For Jimmy Noone / Ain't Misbehavin'

1959, 7", EP, Barclay

Meet The Five Pennies

The Gene Krupa Story 1

The Guitars Inc.*

El Cumbanchero - (Chalypso)

Matty Matlock And The Paducah Patrol

Four-Button Dixie

The Clark Sisters

Pete Fountain's New Orleans

1959, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

Wild Bill Davison

Plays The Greatest Of The Greats!

The Addrisi Brothers*

Everybody Happy

1958, 7", Brad (2),

Garage Rock/Doo Wop/Rock & Roll

The Guitars, Inc.

Soft And Subtle

Bob Crosby's Bob Cats*

Out Of The Mist

Vocal/Cool Jazz

Eartha Kitt With Shorty Rogers And His Giants

St. Louis Blues

Sammy Davis, Jr.* With Orchestra Directed By Jack Pleis and Morty Stevens*

It's All Over But The Swingin'

Listen Pretty Baby / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You

Eartha Kitt With Shorty Rogers And His Giants

St. Louis Blues

Red Nichols And His 5 Pennies*

Parade Of The Pennies

Frank Comstock And His Orchestra

Space-Age/Easy Listening

Paul Martin And His Old Timers

1958, Vinyl Scranton Pressing,

Eddie Miller (2), Eddie Miller And His Blue Notes

1957, LP, Mono, Tops Records,

Jerry Colonna Plays Trombone Along The Dixieland Hi-Fi-Way

1957, LP, Album, Liberty,

Entertains At Your Party

Comedy/Musical/Easy Listening

New Orleans To Los Angeles

Ben Pollack And His Pick-A-Rib Boys

When Your Lover Has Gone

Jess Stacy And The Famous Sidemen

Tribute To Benny Goodman

The Great New Orleans Trombonist

1956, Vinyl Hollywood Press,

She's Got 20 Million Pesos / The German Band

Les Paul And Mary Ford*

Hummingbird / Goodbye, My Love

Pete Kelly's Big 7*

The Dixie Style Of Pete Kelly 's Big 7

Boogie Woogie (On The 88 By The Great Freddie Slack)

Jazz Lab Volume 1

1954, LP, Starlite (7),

Space-Age/Cool Jazz

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*

Ben Pollack's Californians*

Savoy Presents Dixieland - Volume 3

1952, 10", Album, Savoy Records,

Dixieland Stylists

Dixieland/Ragtime/Swing

Pete Kelly's Big 7* / Maggie Jackson

Till We Meet Again / He Needs Me

Pete Kelly's Big 7* / Maggie Jackson

Louisiana / Funny Man

1950, 10", Mono, Columbia,

Kid Ory And His Creole Dixieland Band*

Ray Bauduc And His Bobcats*

Down In Honky Tonky Town / Susie

Kid Ory And His Creole Dixieland Band

At A Georgia Camp Meeting / Mahogany Hall Stomp

Ray Bauduc And His Bobcats*

Li'l Liza Jane / When My Sugar Walks Down The Street

Kid Ory With Red Allen*

Kid Ory With Red Allen Vol. 2

7", EP, Verve Records

Norgran Records Disc Jockey Copy

LP, Comp, Promo, Norgran Records,

Kings Of Dixieland

The Fantabulous Kings Of Dixieland

LP, Album, Crown Records (2)

Earle Spencer And His Orchestra*

The Almost Forgotten Pioneer Of Modern Big Band Jazz Earle Spencer And His Orchestra

LP, Album, Comp, IAJRC

7", Single, Coral

Pete Fountain's Dixieland All Stars*

7", EP, Storyville, Storyville

CD, Comp, Jazz Crusade

The Clark Sisters

LP, Album, Comp, Mono, RGE

Dixieland Stylists

3x7", Comp, Box, Capitol Records

Kid Ory With Red Allen*

Kid Ory With Red Allen Vol. 1

7", EP, Verve Records,

Get Happy With Cappy

Dixieland Big Band All Stars

The Kings Of Dixieland Vol. 1

Ted Vesely's Jazz Band*

Peter And The Wolf / Tin Roof

Mardi Gras Parade Music From New Orleans

Mannie Klein And His Sextet*

The Sound Of Music

Matty Matlock And His Dixie-Men / Morty Corb And His Dixie All-Stars

New Sounds Of New Orleans

Kings Of Dixieland

Kings Of Dixieland Volume Three

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band*

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Vol. 3