Morty Corb

Mortimer Gerald Corb (April 10, 1917 San Antonio — January 13, 1996 Las Vegas) was an American jazz double-bassist.

Career
Corb had a long career as a jazz musician that began in 1946 and lasted until his death. He performed and recorded with: • Gus Bivona

• Pete Fountain

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Nat King Cole

• Pearl Bailey

• Louis Armstrong

• Claude Thornhill

• Jess Stacy

• Kid Ory

• Jack Teagarden

• Benny Goodman

• Earle Spencer

• Ted Vesely

• Marvin Ash

• Ray Bauduc

• Freddie Slack

• Clyde Hurley

• Jerry Gray

• Maggie Jackson

• Pete Kelly

• Bob Crosby

• Ben Pollack

• Barney Kessel

• Frank Comstock

• Sam Donahue

• Claire Austin

• The Rampart Street Paraders

• George Van Eps

• Eddie Miller and His Blue Notes

• Dixieland Big Band All Stars

• Eartha Kitt

• Mel Lewis

• Jerry Colonna

• Earl Grant

• Red Nichols

• Matty Matlock

• Wild Bill Davison

• Muggsy Spanier

• Wally Rose

• Cappy Lewis

• Plas Johnson

• The Modernaires

• Gene Krupa

• Ralph Marterie

• Mannie Klein

• Paul Smith

• Johnny Best

• Louie Bellson

• Jonah Jones

• Glen Sponseller

• Beverly Jenkins

• Godfrey Hirsch

• Blue Angel Jazz Club

• Clancy Hayes

• Jazz Fusion

• Billy May

• Renzo Fraiese

• Heinie Beau

• Betty O'Hara

• Robert Hicks

• Bobby Gordon

• Roy Wiegand

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.

Selected discography
As leader
 * Morty Corb and His Dixie All Stars, Strictly From Dixie
 * 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


 * 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

As sideman
 * Molly Bee, Good Golly Ms. Molly (Granite, 1974)
 * Lorne Greene, Lorne Greene's American West (RCA Victor, 1965)
 * Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie (Motown, 1982)

General references
1. Eugene Chadbourne, [ Morty Corb] at Allmusic

2. Obituary: Morty Corb, 78, Jazz Bass PlayerObituary, New York Times, January 17, 1996