Joe Morris (2)

American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpet player, born March 2, 1922, died November 7, 1958.

Joe Morris started his career in jazz, but is mostly known as the leader of the R&B-oriented Joe Morris Orchestra, the unofficial house band for Atlantic in the early to mid-1950's. Several future Atlantic stars passed through this orchestra's ranks, including [a=Ray Charles] and [a=Lowell Fulson].

Morris wrote "Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere" for Atlantic and put the new record company on the map when it soared to number one on the R&B charts.