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Morty Corb

{{Short description|American jazz musician (1917–1996)}}

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| birth_name = Mortimer Gerald Corb

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| birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|1|13|1917|4|10|mf=y}}

| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Jazz bass player

| instrument = Double bass

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Mortimer Gerald Corb (April 10, 1917 San Antonio — January 13, 1996 Las Vegas) was an American jazz double-bassist.{{Sfn|ASCAP}}{{Sfn|Kernfeld}}{{Sfn|New York Times, January 17,|1996|p=A17}}

Career

Corb had a long career as a jazz musician that began in 1946 and lasted until his death. He performed and recorded with:{{Sfn|Lord, May 21,|2025}}

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Corb performed for four years on Bob Crosby's television program. He also did extended work as a session musician in studios, and though he did little of this after the 1950s, he appears on some 300 recordings. He worked in bands in Disneyland after moving to California in 1947, and recorded his only album as a leader, Strictly from Dixie, in 1957.

Discography

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As leader

  1. Morty Corb and His Dixie All Stars, Strictly From Dixie {{OCLC|6697830}}

    John Best (trumpet), Moe Schneider (née Elmer Reuben Schneider; 1919–1970) (trombone), Heinie Beau (clarinet), Dave Harris (1913–2002) (tenor sax), Bobby Hammack (piano) George Van Eps (guitar), Morty Corb (bass), Jack Sperling (drums)

    Recorded in Los Angeles, April 1957

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    1. "Bayou Blues"

    2. "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

    3. "Pennies From Heaven"

    4. "South"

    5. "Ramble In"

    6. "Honeysuckle Rose"

    7. "Sugarcane Strut"

    8. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?"

    9. "Indiana"

    10. "Savannah Shakedown"

    11. "Farewell Blues"

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As sideman

  1. Molly Bee, Good Golly Ms. Molly (Granite, 1974)
  2. Bobby Darin, Two of a Kind (Atco, 1961)
  3. Lorne Greene, Lorne Greene's American West (RCA Victor, 1965)
  4. Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (Motown, 1982)
  5. Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours (Capitol, 1955)
  6. Frank Sinatra, Trilogy: Past Present Future (Reprise, 1980)

Bibliography

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=Inline references=

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    1. {{cite book |date=1966 |title=3rd ed. |url=https://archive.org/details/ascapbiographica00amer/page/138/mode/2up?view=theater&q=corb |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=registration |location=New York |others=Compiled and edited by the Lynn Farnol Group, Inc. |page=139 |via=Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music)}} {{LCCN|6620214}}; {{OCLC|598257}}.

    2. {{cite book |date=1984 |title=4th ed. |url=https://archive.org/details/ascapbiographica00ameri/page/98/mode/2up?view=theater&q=corb |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=registration |location=New York |others=Compiled and edited by Jaques Cattell Press & R.R. Bowker Company |page=99 |via=Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music)}} {{LCCN|8065351}}; {{ISBN|0-8352-1283-1}}.

  • {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Kernfeld}} |editor1-last=Kernfeld |editor1-first=Barry Dean (born 1950) |editor1-link=Barry Dean Kernfeld |title="Corb, Morty". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz }}

    1. {{cite book |date=1988 |title=1st ed. Vol. 1 (of 2): "A–K" |url=https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona00kern/page/246/mode/2up?view=theater |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |page=247 |via=Internet Archive}} {{LCCN|8725452}}; {{ISBN|0-3333-9846-7}} (British Library); {{ISBN|0-9358-5939-X}} (Library of Congress); {{OCLC|16804283}}.

    2. {{cite book |date=1994 |title=1st ed. (reprinted as 1 Vol.) |url=https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona00kernf/page/246/mode/2up?view=theater |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=St. Martin's Press |page=247 |via=Internet Archive}} {{LCCN|94012667}}; {{ISBN|0-3336-3231-1}} (British Library); {{ISBN|0-3121-1357-9}} (Library of Congress); {{OCLC|30516743}}.

    3. {{cite book |date=2002 |title=2nd ed. Vol. 1 (of 3): "A–Fuzz" |url=https://archive.org/details/newgrovedictiona0001unse_w1m0/page/514/mode/2up?view=theater |url-status=live |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |page=515 |via=Internet Archive}} {{LCCN|2001040794}}; {{ISBN|0-3336-9189-X}} (British Library); {{ISBN|1-5615-9284-6|978-1-5615-9284-5}} (Library of Congress); {{OCLC|232175971}}.

  • {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Lord, May 21,|2025}}|last1=Lord |first1=Tom |author1-link=Tom Lord |title="Corb, Morty". The Jazz Discography Online |url=https://www.lordisco.com/ |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-access=subscription |location=West Vancouver |publisher=Lord Music Reference |type=As of May 21, 2025 → 214 indexed jazz sessions for Corb, from 1946–1996}} {{ISSN|1700-439X}}; {{OCLC|48027258}}.

  • {{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|New York Times, January 17,|1996|p=A17}} |date=January 17, 1996 |last1=New York Times (The) |author1-link=The New York Times |title=Morty Corb, 78, Jazz Bass Player |type=AP |edition=Late |volume=145 |issue=50309 |page=A17 }} {{ISSN|0362-4331}}.

    1. {{cite book |title=Via EBSCOHost |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AN=9603150775 |url-access=subscription }}

    2. {{cite book |title=Via New York Times blog |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/17/arts/morty-corb-78-jazz-bass-player.html |access-date=May 21, 2025 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313093915/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/17/arts/morty-corb-78-jazz-bass-player.html |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |type=archive url via Wayback Machine}}

    3. {{cite book |title=Via New York Times blog |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E1DB1139F934A25752C0A960958260 |access-date=May 21, 2025}}

    4. {{cite book |title=Permalink |url=https://nyti.ms/4jhE4w1 |url-access=subscription |via=Times Machine }}

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=General reference=

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  • {{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p66470#biography |tab=biography |title="Morty Corb" |last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |author-link=Eugene Chadbourne |access-date=May 21, 2025 }}

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Category:1917 births

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Category:American jazz double-bassists

Category:American male double-bassists

Category:Musicians from San Antonio

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