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Byron Morris & Unity
Artist Biography For Byron Morris & Unity
An Exciting But Obscure Jazz Saxophonist Who Has Spent Most Of His Adult Life In Washington D.C. Byron Morris Is The Son Of The Late Saxman/band Leader James William "Jim Billy" Morris B. Feb. 18 1916 D. Feb. 8 1985 And Has Led Or Co-Led The Band Unity Since The 1970s. The Alto Tenor And Soprano Saxophonist Was Born And Raised In Roanoke VA Where As A High School Student He Played Alongside Pianist Don Pullen In A Band Called The Junior Aristocrats Which Was Named After The Aristocrats A Swing Band His Father Led From 1947-1960 . After Graduating From High School In 1959 Morris Attended Tuskegee University And Graduated In 1964 With A Degree In Engineering. Since The Mid-1960s Morris Has Paid His Bills As An Engineer He Has Worked For IBM As Well As The Federal Government While Devoting Evenings And Weekends To Jazz. Morris Who Moved To Washington DC As An Adult Played In Both R&B And Jazz Bands In The 1960s And In 1972 He Co-Founded Unity With Trumpeter Vincent McEwan And Composer Gerald Wise. Specializing In A Very Spiritual Style Of Post-Bop Along The Lines Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Pharoah Sanders And John Coltrane Unity Often Featured The Expressive Female Vocalist Jay Clayton. Unity's First LP Blow Thru Your Mind Was Recorded In 1973 Followed By Vibrations Themes And Serenades Recorded In 1975 And 1978 And Honey I Love Recorded In 1981 . Unity Didn't Record Any More Studio Albums After That Although Different Unity Lineups Came Together For Various Concerts In The 1980s And 1990s. Other Bands Morris Has Co-Founded Include Three Saxes For Lester And The Swingin' Saxes Both Of Which Have Celebrated The Legacy Of Lester Young. In 1994 Morris' Own By-Mor Label Reissued Material From Blow Thru Your Mind And Vibrations Themes And Serenades On The CD Vibrations In Time. Subsequently By-Mor Released Live! At The East Coast Jazz Festival Which Documented A 1996 Performance By Unity. Blow Thru Your Mind And Vibrations Themes And Serenades Were Both Reissued On CD In Full By Japan's Céleste Music In 2001 And Blow Thru Your Mind Received Yet Another Reissue In 2002 This Time On CD And LP From Britian's Soul Jazz Records. Morris Meanwhile Has Continued To Perform And Record With Unity. The Group Added Pianist Hilton Ruiz In 1998 And Issued A New CD Of Live Performances In 2003.
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An Exciting But Obscure Jazz Saxophonist Who Has Spent Most Of His Adult Life In Washington D.C. Byron Morris Is The Son Of The Late Saxman/band Leader James William "Jim Billy" Morris B. Feb. 18 1916 D. Feb. 8 1985 And Has Led Or Co-Led The Band Unity Since The 1970s. The Alto Tenor And Soprano Saxophonist Was Born And Raised In Roanoke VA Where As A High School Student He Played Alongside Pianist Don Pullen In A Band Called The Junior Aristocrats Which Was Named After The Aristocrats A Swing Band His Father Led From 1947-1960 . After Graduating From High School In 1959 Morris Attended Tuskegee University And Graduated In 1964 With A Degree In Engineering. Since The Mid-1960s Morris Has Paid His Bills As An Engineer He Has Worked For IBM As Well As The Federal Government While Devoting Evenings And Weekends To Jazz. Morris Who Moved To Washington DC As An Adult Played In Both R&B And Jazz Bands In The 1960s And In 1972 He Co-Founded Unity With Trumpeter Vincent McEwan And Composer Gerald Wise. Specializing In A Very Spiritual Style Of Post-Bop Along The Lines Of Rahsaan Roland Kirk Pharoah Sanders And John Coltrane Unity Often Featured The Expressive Female Vocalist Jay Clayton. Unity's First LP Blow Thru Your Mind Was Recorded In 1973 Followed By Vibrations Themes And Serenades Recorded In 1975 And 1978 And Honey I Love Recorded In 1981 . Unity Didn't Record Any More Studio Albums After That Although Different Unity Lineups Came Together For Various Concerts In The 1980s And 1990s. Other Bands Morris Has Co-Founded Include Three Saxes For Lester And The Swingin' Saxes Both Of Which Have Celebrated The Legacy Of Lester Young. In 1994 Morris' Own By-Mor Label Reissued Material From Blow Thru Your Mind And Vibrations Themes And Serenades On The CD Vibrations In Time. Subsequently By-Mor Released Live! At The East Coast Jazz Festival Which Documented A 1996 Performance By Unity. Blow Thru Your Mind And Vibrations Themes And Serenades Were Both Reissued On CD In Full By Japan's Céleste Music In 2001 And Blow Thru Your Mind Received Yet Another Reissue In 2002 This Time On CD And LP From Britian's Soul Jazz Records. Morris Meanwhile Has Continued To Perform And Record With Unity. The Group Added Pianist Hilton Ruiz In 1998 And Issued A New CD Of Live Performances In 2003.
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