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Background

Dick Morrissey emerged in the early 1960s in the wake of Tubby Hayes, Britain’s pre-eminent sax player at the time. He recorded his first solo album at the age of 21, It’s Morrissey, Man! (1961, Fontana), which featured Stan Jones on piano, Colin Barnes on drums, and Malcolm Cecil on bass. He spent most of 1962 in Calcutta, India as part of the Ashley Kozak Quartet, playing three 2-hour sessions seven days a week, before returning to the UK and forming his quartet with Harry South - who had also been in the quartet in Calcutta - on piano, Phil Seamen on drums and Phil Bates on bass. The Dick Morrissey Quartet recorded three LPs, Have You Heard? (1963); the live recording Storm Warning! (1965, Mercury); and Here and Now and Sounding Good (1966), with Bill Eyden on drums. The band, which also featured Jackie Dougan on drums, played regular London gigs at the Bull's Head, Barnes and at Ronnie Scott's, whose manager Pete King once said that Ronnie's was kept going in those days due to the crowds Dick Morrissey pulled in. Edward Tubby Hayes (1935-1973} was a British jazz tenor saxophone player. ... Harry South (1929 – 1990) was an English jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, who later moved into film and television soundtrack work. ... Phillip William Phil Seamen (28 August 1926 - 13 October 1972) was a British jazz drummer. ... Ronnie Scott (left) with Tubby Hayes. ...

He also played briefly in Ted Heath's Big Band, which featured many name jazz musicians over the years, as well as with Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra and the Harry South Big Band. Likewise, together with fellow tenors Stan Robinson and Al Gay, baritone sax Paul Carroll, and trumpets Mike Carr, Kenny Wheeler and Greg Brown, Dick Morrissey formed part of (Eric Burdon and) The Animals' Big Band that made its one-and-only public appearance at the 5th Annual British Jazz & Blues Festival in Richmond (1965). You might be looking for: Edward Heath (1916–2005) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... Sir John Dankworth CBE Born in London, England, in 1927, was brought up in a musical environment amongst a family of musicians. ... Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler (born 14th January 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. since the 1950s. ... Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ... The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ... The National Jazz and Blues Festival was the precursor to the Reading Rock Festival and was the brainchild of Harold Pendleton, the manager of the prestigious Marquee Club in Soho. ...

Many US musicians touring Britain at the time, notably Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy Witherspoon (live recording), J.J. Jackson (2 LPs), and Sonny Stitt together with guitarist Ernest Ranglin (live) recorded with him during the Sixties and early Seventies. Brother Jack McDuff (17 September 1926 - 23 January 2001) was a jazz organist and bandleader prominent during the soul jazz era of the 1960s. ... Jimmy Witherspoon (August 8, 1920-September 18, 1997) was an American blues singer. ... Jerome Louis J.J. Jackson is a soul/R&B singer (belter), songwriter and arranger. ... Sonny Stitt, a quintessential bop saxophonist. ... Ernest Ranglin (born 1932) is an important Jamaican musician. ...

Dick Morrissey performed regularly at the National Jazz Festival in the 1960s; his last appearance under his own name was at the 6th festival held at Windsor (1967), although he would return to the festival with if in 1972 for their only appearance. The National Jazz and Blues Festival was the precursor to the Reading Rock Festival and was the brainchild of Harold Pendleton, the manager of the prestigious Marquee Club in Soho. ... If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

If

In 1969, Dick Morrissey, by then many-time winner and runner-up of the Melody Maker Jazz Poll, teamed up with another Melody Maker award-winner, guitarist Terry Smith, with whom he had worked in J.J. Jackson’s Band, to form an early jazz-rock group, if. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... Terry Smith (May 20, 1943, London) is a British jazz guitarist. ... If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ...

Encouraged by the success of the then recently-formed US bands Blood, Sweat and Tears and Chicago, both of which featured heavy brass sections, the time seemed right for them. Although the original band consisted of a different line up, if's first five records featured J.W. Hodkinson on lead vocals, John Mealing on keyboards, Jim Richardson on electric bass, Dennis Eliott on drums, Dave Quincy on alto and tenor saxes, Terry Smith on guitars and Dick Morrissey on tenor, soprano saxes and flute. Blood, Sweat & Tears was an American rock and roll group formed in New York City in 1967. ... Chicago is a pop-rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. ... If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Essentially a live band, and true to its jazz influences, if was the only jazz-rock group, both then and now, to feature solos by all the band members, not just by the lead instruments. They recorded five albums under the above line up plus another two albums featuring Geoff Whitehorn on guitar and vocals, Gabriel Magno on keyboards and Walt Monaghan on bass and vocals, Cliff Davies on drums and Dick Morrissey. For full line-ups see under if. If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ... Geoff Whitehorn (born 29 August 1951 in London, England) is a guitarist and singer-songwriter. ... If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ...

Morrissey-Mullen

When if disbanded in 1975, Dick Morrissey went to Germany on a tour with Alexis Korner and then to the United States to tour and record with the Average White Band, and met up with Glaswegian guitarist, Jim Mullen, who had played with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express with some of the members of AWB, and together they formed Morrissey - Mullen (aka M&M), recording their first album, UP (1976) in New York. On returning to Great Britain, Morrissey - Mullen formed a band which rapidly became Britain’s most highly acclaimed jazz-fusion band of the day, initially including two top session musicians from New Zealand, Frank Gibson Jr. and Bruce Lynch. If (1st album) (1970) IF was a Jazz-Rock band formed in Britain at the end of the 60s and especially active in the early 1970s. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... The Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band. ... Jim Mullen (born November 26, 1945) is a Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum. ... This article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Morrissey Mullen, aka M&M, British jazz-funk/fusion group of the Seventies and Eighties, was formed by Dick Morrissey, ex-IF, (tenor and soprano saxes and flute) and Jim Mullen, ex-Brian Augers Oblivion Express, (guitar), who joined forces in 1975 and played together for some 16 years... Morrissey Mullen, aka M&M, British jazz-funk/fusion group of the Seventies and Eighties, was formed by Dick Morrissey, ex-IF, (tenor and soprano saxes and flute) and Jim Mullen, ex-Brian Augers Oblivion Express, (guitar), who joined forces in 1975 and played together for some 16 years...

M&M recorded seven albums over the 16 years they were together, with Morrissey and Mullen collaborating on each other’s solo albums, notably After Dark (1983) with John Critchinson, Ron Mathewson, Martin Drew, Barry Whitworth. The line-up for later gigs also featured John Burch on piano, with whom Dick Morrissey would also form an informal group called "Our Band". Ron Mathewson (born February 19, 1944) is a Scottish jazz double bassist and bass guitarist born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland. ... Martin Drew (born February 11, 1944 in Northampton) is an English jazz drummer. ...

During that period, Dick Morrissey also recorded Souliloquy (1986), featuring Max Middleton, Kuma Harada, Robert Ahwai (all three of whom had also appeared on Morrissey - Mullen's first UK-recorded album, Cape Wrath, in 1979), Steve Ferrone, Danny Cummings, Bob Weston and Lenny Zakatek. David Maxwell Max Middleton (born 4 August 1946, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is an English composer and keyboardist. ... Morrissey Mullen, aka M&M, British jazz-funk/fusion group of the Seventies and Eighties, was formed by Dick Morrissey, ex-IF, (tenor and soprano saxes and flute) and Jim Mullen, ex-Brian Augers Oblivion Express, (guitar), who joined forces in 1975 and played together for some 16 years... Steve Ferrone (born April 25, 1950 in Brighton) is an English drummer. ... Bob Weston (born 1947) is an English musician from London, best known for his brief role as guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Fleetwood Mac. ... Lenny Zakatek ( born 1947 ) is an English singer/Rock musician. ...

Other collaborations

As well as leading his own jazz combos, Dick Morrissey was in continuous demand as a guest artist with other British jazz musicians, most especially with trios and quartets. Thus he often appeared with established British names such as Tubby Hayes, Roy Budd, Ian Hamer, Ian Carr, Tony Lee, Tony Archer, Michael Garrick, etc. Edward Tubby Hayes (1935-1973} was a British jazz tenor saxophone player. ... Roy Frederick Budd (14 March 1947, Mitcham, Surrey – 7 August 1993, London) was a British jazz musician and film composer. ... Nucleus (1985) Ian Carr (born 21 April 1933) is a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator. ... Tony Lee (born Anthony Leedham Lee, July 23, 1934 in Whitechapel, London, died March 9, 2004) was a British jazz pianist who played with the likes of Tommy Whittle, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Barney Kessel, Sonny Stitt, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Terry Smith, Tubby Hayes, Dick Morrissey and legendary UK drummer... Michael Garrick (b. ...

In between regular M&M gigs, Dick Morrissey would also meet up with old friends Ian "Stu" Stewart, Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce, Colin Hodgkinson, Don Weller, Zoot Money, John Picard and Colin Smith, to play boogie-woogie/jazz/rock with the back-to-the-roots fun band, Rocket 88, that Stewart put together with Bob Hall. Ian AR Stewart (18 July 1938 – 12 December 1985) was a Scottish rock musician. ... Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish-born musician, composer and singer. ... Colin Hodgkinson (born 14 October 1945, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) is a British rock, jazz and blues bassist who has been active since the 1960s. ... Zoot Money is a pianist, organist, and actor, born George Bruno Money on 17th June 1942, who appeared (playing a promotions man) in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel OConnor. ... Boogie-woogie is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music, and even gospel. ... Rocket 88 is the name of a United Kingdom-based boogie-woogie band formed c. ...

Apart from the early recordings with visiting US performers mentioned above, Dick Morrissey also toured and/or recorded with Charly Antolini, Alexis Korner (several albums), Mike Carr, Georgie Fame, Brian Auger, Dusty Springfield, Pete York, Paul McCartney, Gary Numan, Phil Carmen, Herbie Mann, Shakatak, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Demis Roussos, Jon & Vangelis and Vangelis as well as playing the haunting saxophone solo on the Vangelis composition "Love Theme" for the 1982 film Blade Runner. Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, South London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... Georgie Fame is a British R&B singer whose real name is Clive Powell. ... This article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April 1939 - 2 March 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. ... Pete York (born Peter York, 15 August 1942, Redcar, Yorkshire, England) is a successful in-demand rock drummer since the 1960s. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), better known as Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flutist and important practitioner of world music. ... Shakatak is a light pop/jazz/funk group founded in the early to mid 1980s, from the UK. They scored a number of top 10 hits, including Easier Said Than Done (1981) and Down on the Street (1984). ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Demis Roussos in his 40s Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. ... Jon & Vangelis is the collaborative effort between the singer Jon Anderson and the synthesizer artist Vangelis. ... Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: ) is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots... Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: ) is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots... Blade Runner is a 1982 cyberpunk, neo-noir film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. ...

Other musicians and performers Dick Morrissey shared the stage with include David "Fathead" Newman, Tommy Körberg, Boz Scaggs, David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, Richard Tee, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker and Teddy Edwards (with whom he jammed a "duel" at London's 100 Club in the early 1980s). David Fathead Newman b. ... Tommy Körberg (b. ... Boz Scaggs album cover Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... David Sanborn in concert in San Francisco. ... Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is a very well known session drummer, mainly known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di... Michael Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13th, 2007) was a popular US jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Ronald Randy Brecker (b. ... Theodore Marcus Teddy Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist based on the West Coast of the US. Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi. ... The 100 Club is a music venue situated at 100, Oxford Street, London W1, UK. The 100 Club has a legendary status within the history of modern British music, having played live music since 24 October 1942. ...

The Yessirrom Kid - a horn player with a mission

Whatever the style of music he was playing, be it pop, rock, hard bop or straight ahead jazz, Dick Morrissey showed that music could be appreciated at many different levels, and that even the most simplistic pop or rock song could be embellished with an authentic jazz groove. In this way he was able to reach new audiences and albeit indirectly, introduce people to jazz. When at different stages of his career, journalists asked him to define his style, he would refer to Duke Ellington's definition: "It's all music". Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader who has been one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. ...

Death

Dick Morrissey died on November 8, 2000, aged 60, after many years fighting various forms of cancer. To the end of his life, he could been seen and heard, seated in his wheelchair, playing to a full house at his local pub. Following his death, the UK national press published the following obituaries (excerpts): is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...

In the obituary published in The Times, British music critic Chris Welch wrote that Dick Morrissey was a "fiery musician who straddled the worlds of jazz and rock, but with a style built firmly on bebop and widely regarded as the most brilliant British saxophonist to emerge in the wake of Tubby Hayes. His advocacy of jazz-rock fusion successfully brought jazz to a rock audience and rock to a jazz audience". The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. ... Chris Welch was reviewer and critic with Melody Maker during the 1960s and 1970s, reporting on the rise of such bands as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Traffic, If, as well as Cream. ... Edward Tubby Hayes (1935-1973} was a British jazz tenor saxophone player. ...

Steve Voce writing an obituary for The Independent added: "The key to Dick Morrissey's talent, in a career that spanned four decades, was his ability to get through to an audience. He was one of the great communicators of jazz and ... able to communicate with his listeners and quickly to establish a bond with them ... [l]ike Charlie Parker before him, he was somehow able to lift audiences that knew little or nothing about his music". The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ... Charles Bird Parker, Jr. ...

Although one could from time to time imagine a feel of the American players Sonny Rollins or Johnny Griffin in Morrissey's work, he was outstanding among British players for his originality. Despite the sophistication of his ideas there was often a down-home quality to his punchy and hard swinging solos, and this was a reflection of one of his idols, the tenorist Stanley Turrentine. He was a lightning improviser and the flood of his inventions flew through his fingers with ease, for he was a masterful player.” Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928) is an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. ... Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ...

Ronald Atkins, writing in The Guardian, put it thus: "John Coltrane's approach to the tenor had yet to make much of an impact in Britain, and Morrissey came up with a startling and warmly appreciated blend of Stan Getz and Sonny Rollins, the phrasing of one allied to the abrasive tones of the other. He was also influenced by the example of Tubby Hayes, whose lightening-quick [sic] forays through complex harmonies he was probably the first to emulate". Ronald Henry Atkins (born 13 June 1916) is a British Labour Party politician. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Stanley Gayetsky (February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California), usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz musician. ...

The obituary in The Daily Telegraph read: "Dick Morrissey, who has died aged 60, was among the finest European jazz musicians of his generation. His command of the tenor saxophone was masterly, but it was the unforced fluency of his playing, expressed in a characteristically broad and sweeping tone, that attracted the greatest admiration. This article concerns the British newspaper. ...

Stylistically, Morrissey was so flexible that he was able to fit happily into many contexts, from straightforward hard-bop, through jazz-rock and jazz-funk to soul-inflected pop music. He possessed the remarkable knack of making everything he played sound not only exciting but happy."

Selected discography

Although Dick Morrissey famously disliked recording studios, preferring to play in front of live audiences, he nevertheless appears on over 100 recordings, albeit many of them live. Some have since become collectors’ items. The following list excludes compilation albums unless the track had not previously been released.

• It’s Morrissey, Man! (1961)
• What The Dickens! - Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra (1963)
• Have You Heard? - Dick Morrissey (1963)
• Dick Morrissey – There and Back (live 1964/1965 – released 1997)
• Roy Budd - Roy Budd (1965)
• Storm Warning! - Dick Morrissey (live Nov. 1965)
• Presenting the Harry South Big Band (January 1966)
• Here and Now and Sounding Good - Dick Morrissey (September 1966)
• Sound Venture – Georgie Fame and the Harry South Big Band (October 1966)
• Acropolis - Ian Hamer Sextet (live 1966)
• Sonny’s Blues: Live at Ronnie Scott’s – Sonny Stitt (live 1966)
• Spoon Sings and Swings – Jimmy Witherspoon (live 1966)
• Two Faces of Fame – Georgie Fame (1967)
• Retrospect Through 21 Years Of BBC Jazz Club - Various Artists (1968)
• The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land – J.J. Jackson (1969)
• J.J. Jackson's Dilemma (1970)
• if - aka if 1 (1970)
• To Seek a New Home - Brother Jack McDuff (1970)
• if 2 (1970)
• if 3 (1971)
• if 4 - aka Waterfall (1972)
• Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces - if (1974)
• Whitehorn – Geoff Whitehorn (1974)
• Tea Break Over, Back On Your ‘Eads - if (1975)
• Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Live at Bullerbyn (live 1975)
• UP - Morrissey Mullen (1976)
• Peter Gabriel I – (1977)
• The Party Album - Alexis Korner (live 1978)
• The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux - (live 1978)
• Cape Wrath - Morrissey Mullen (1979)
• Just Easy - Alexis Korner (1978)
• Ravenna - Kim Diamond (1979)
• Peter Gabriel (III) - aka Melt – Peter Gabriel (1979)
• That's What Friends Are For - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (1979)
• White Trails – Chris Rainbow (1979)
• Streets of Fire - Duncan Browne (1979)
• Lost in Austin - Marc Benno (1979)
• Alexis Korner and Friends (1980)
• Honky – Keith Emerson (1981)
• Song of Seven – Jon Anderson (1980)
• Mr Money - Zoot Money (1980)
• The Friends of Mr. Cairo – Jon & Vangelis (1981)
• Badness – Morrissey Mullen (1981)
• In Hoagland – Georgie Fame/Annie Ross (1981)
• Private Collection - Jon & Vangelis (1981)
• Compare me with the rest – Ronny/Vangelis (1981) maxi single
• Land of Cockayne – Soft Machine (1981)
• Life on the Wire – Morrissey Mullen (1982)
• Love Theme from movie Blade Runner - Vangelis (1982)
• Nightbirds - Shakatak (1982)
• Animation – Jon Anderson (1982)
• Work of Heart - Roy Harper (1982)
• It’s About Time - Morrissey Mullen (1983)
• Warriors – Gary Numan (1983)
• Sirens - John Themis (1983)
• After Dark - Dick Morrissey (1983)
• Reflection - Demis Roussos (1984)
• This Must Be the Place - Morrissey Mullen (1985)
• Double Crossed - Jim Diamond (1985)
• Famous People - Bill Sharpe (1985)
• The Fury – Gary Numan (1985)
• Invitation - Shakatak (1985)
• Souliloquy – Dick Morrissey (1986)
• Animal Magic - The Blow Monkeys (1986)
• Strange Charm - Gary Numan (1986)
• City Walls - Phil Carmen (1987)
• Face to Face - Barclay James Harvest (1987)
• Happy Hour – Morrissey Mullen (1988)
• Resurrection Ritual - Dick Morrissey (1988)
• Metal Rhythm - Gary Numan (1989)
• Old Angel Midnight - Jackson Sloan (1989)
• Changes - Phil Carmen (1989)
• Cookin’ – Charly Antolini (live 1989)
• Shout For Joy - Neville Dickie and His Rhythm Kings (live 1989)
• Perfect Pitch/Tipping the Scales (live 1989)
• Super Jam – Villa Fantastica - Brian Auger/Pete York (live 1989)
• Love Dance - Dick Morrissey (live 1989)
• Daddy and the Steamers - Pete York (live 1990)
• Charly Antolini Meets Dick Morrissey (live 1990)
• Shaking the Tree – Peter Gabriel (1990)
• Swinging Hollywood – Pete York (1991)
• Outland - Gary Numan (1991)
• Superblues – Pete York (1994)
• Good Times & the Blues – Mike Carr (live 1993)
• Right On! - Charly Antolini (live 1993)

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Trivia

• Malcolm Cecil, who played bass on Dick Morrissey's first solo album, It’s Morrissey, Man! (1961, Fontana), went on to work for Stevie Wonder and to develop the TONTO synthesizer.

• Bass player Ashley Kozak, with whose Quartet Dick Morrissey spent most of 1962 in Calcutta, went on to manage Donovan and to work for Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises.

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Sources

• The Guardian Obituaries - Thursday 9th November 2000
• The Independent Obituaries - Thursday 9th November 2000

External links

• Obituary in The Guardian[1]
• Obituary in The Independent[2]
• Obituary in The Daily Telegraph[3]
• Obituary in "The Last Post" [4]
• All Music Guide [5]
• Artist Direct[6]
• National Jazz and Blues Festival website[7]
• Collected obituaries and tributes[8]