Morris Jennings


Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr.
Jennings played drums on the Electric Mud album by Muddy Waters, the 1969 album The Howlin' Wolf Album by Howlin' Wolf, and the 1972 Curtis Mayfield album Super Fly. His work at Chess Records includes "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw, which includes an unusual two-bar break early in the song.
Jennings died at his South Side Chicago home of natural causes at the age of 77 on June 3, 2016.

Discography

With Roy Buchanan
  • When a Guitar Plays the Blues
  • Dancing On the Edge
  • Hot Wires
With Terry Callier
With Tyrone Davis
With The Dells
  • Freedom Means...
  • The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits
  • Whatever Turns You On
  • I Touched a Dream
With Woody Herman
  • Light My Fire
  • Heavy Exposure
With Ramsey Lewis
  • Them Changes
  • Back to the Roots
  • Upendo Ni Pamoja
  • Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits
  • Funky Serenity
  • Solar Wind
  • Sun Goddess
  • Don't It Feel Good
  • Ramsey
  • Three Piece Suite
  • Chance Encounter
  • Les Fleurs
With Curtis Mayfield
With others