Wilber Morris


Wilber Morris was an American jazz double bass player and bandleader. He was the brother of the cornetist, composer, and conductor Butch Morris.
Wilber Morris recorded widely, and performed with such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Steve Habib, Sonny Simmons, Alan Silva, Joe McPhee, Horace Tapscott, Butch Morris, Arthur Blythe, Charles Gayle, William Parker, and Billy Bang, Charles Tyler, Dennis Charles, Roy Campbell, Avram Fefer, Alfred 23 Harth, Borah Bergman and Rashied Ali.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

  • 1981: Collective Improvisations
  • 1983: Wilber Force
  • 1995: Breathing Together
  • 1996: The October Revolution with Rashied Ali, Borah Bergman, and Joe McPhee; recorded in 1994
  • 2001: Drum String Thing
  • 2001: Live at Tonic
  • 2019: Monks with Borah Bergman and Sunny Murray; recorded in 1996

    As sideman

With Marshall Allen
  • PoZest
With Billy Bang
  • Sweet Space
  • Rainbow Gladiator
  • Untitled Gift
  • Invitation
  • Outline No. 12
With Thomas Borgmann
  • BMN Trio - Nasty & Sweet
  • BMC Trio Organic
  • Stalker Songs
  • The Last Concert: Dankeschön
  • Boom Swing - BMC Trio
  • BMN Trio - You See What We're Sayin'
With Rob Brown
  • Visage
With Avram Fefer and Bobby Few
  • Few and Far Between
With Avram Fefer and Steve Swell
With Charles Gayle
  • Daily Bread
With Steve Habib
  • Live At Joe Joe's
With Frank Lowe
  • Exotic Heartbreak
With Makanda Ken McIntyre
With David Murray
  • Body and Soul
  • Remembrances
  • Picasso
  • New Life
  • Lucky Four
  • Murray's Steps
  • Ballads for Bass Clarinet
With Kevin Norton
With Positive Knowledge
With Alan Silva
  • Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra
  • H.Con.Res.57/Treasure Box
With Steve Swell
  • ''This Now!''