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Q Morrow
What sets him apart from other world musicians is the fact that his interest in music is spiritual, not technical. To Q, music is an offering. Growing up in Caldwell, Idaho, a suburb of Boise provided Q with ample practice time. He honed his early songwriting skills with early bands before moving to California at age 18. There he studied music in Santa Cruz at Cabrillo College before attending the prestigious University of North Texas's Jazz Program in 2003. He then spent a year studying Carnatic music in Bangalore, India with Veena Maestro Jayanthi Kumaresh.
Q has settled in Brooklyn, NY and is an active part of the rich music scene.
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Q Morrow: There Are Stars In Brooklyn
by Friedrich Kunzmann
While coming across an eclectic mix of various ethnic styles fused with popular music genres isn't an exception in jazz these days (and hasn't been for a while now), one rarely finds as many different influences framed in such coherent compositions as on There Are Stars In Brooklyn. The homogenous instrumentation and production furthermore add to the euphony of the record. This cohesiveness however doesn't mean that New York-based guitarist Q Morrow's writing and performance don't demand the listeners' full ...
Continue ReadingTake Five with Q Morrow
by AAJ Staff
Meet Q Morrow Based in New York City, Q is an eclectic modern guitarist. At home in many different styles of music such as jazz, R&B, Brazilian styles such as Samba, Forro, and Choro, Karnatic, and Afro Cuban music as well, Q is a true musical citizen of the world, deeply internalizing all of this music and making it his own, resulting in a very broad palette he draws from. These influences show particularly well in his compositions, on full ...
Continue ReadingQ Morrow: There Are Stars In Brooklyn
by James Fleming
Like America, the ideas are good. And just like the USA, they are lost in translation, from concept to being. Q Morrow's There Are Stars In Brooklyn combines jazz with Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Carnatic music. It is the product of a curious mind and an interconnected world, specifically of the United States, where different peoples, cultures, and musics are accessible to the enlightened who seek them out. However, there are post-surgery scars on this splicing of styles, where the ideas ...
Continue ReadingBanjo Nickaru & Western Scooches To Play Record Release Concert At DROM NYC On June 14 With Emmy-Nominated Actor Rob Morrow
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1888 Media
Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches are likely the only band today infusing elements of Gullah-Geechee and world rhythms with folk traditions, Americana, New Orleans influences, and 1920s jazz. The forthcoming sophomore album, Get Us Out Of Fearland , due June 15, builds upon the multicultural exuberance that made the band’s debut, Very Next Thing, a transcendent breath of fresh air. Elmore Magazine championed its “remarkable musical dexterity with songs that bask in a genuine roots regimen and a sense of ...
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Singer-Songwriter Sam Morrow To Release Haunting Debut Album On April 29 Via Forty Below Records
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1888 Media
10-Song Opus Produced By Eric Corne (John Mayall, DeVotchKa, KaiL Baxley) Record Release Show At Hotel Café In Los Angeles Scheduled For May 1st Los Angeles, CA: On April 29, Forty Below Records, home to albums by John Mayall, Bonson Berner and KaiL Baxley, will issue the extraordinary debut album by singer-songwriter Sam Morrow. Entitled Ephemeral, the release marks the first one issued under an arrangement with Sony/RED Distribution and MRI, home to partnerships with artists such as Billy Bragg, ...
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Jazz Arts Group Presents "Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles" Featuring Sarah Morrow & Roger Hines
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Michael Ricci
Columbus, OH The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series returns to the Lincoln Theatre with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra's “Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles," January 27-28, 2012 featuring Ray Charles alumni Sarah Morrow and Roger Hines as they pay tribute to “The Genius of Soul." With perfect pitch and an expressive voice, he combined worlds as diverse as jazz, country, rhythm and blues, and gospel to break your heart or make you dance. To this day, ...
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Jazz Academy Music Making Opportunities with Columbus Music Co-op, Sarah Morrow, Duke Robillard, Nia Allen
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Michael Ricci
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers extraordinary music making opportunities at the Jazz Academy to engage all ages and interests including free workshops with the Columbus Music Co-op and clinics with international trombone star Sarah Morrow, Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Duke Robillard, and gospel singer Nia Allen. The Columbus Music Co-op continues its free workshop series for aspiring musicians this Sunday, November 21 with “So You Want to Make Music in Columbus?" Learn how to book shows and ...
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Buddy Morrow Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Leader for 33 Years Dies at 91
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Buddy Morrow (a.k.a. Muni Zudekoff), big band era trombonist (with a mastery of the upper range), hit-making recording artist, studio musician and most notably, bandleader of The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ghost band for over thirty years, passed away at age 91 years on the morning of September 27th, 2010 in his sleep... a resident of Maitland, Florida (part of greater Orlando), Buddy Morrow had a life in music that began at the age of 12. Initially he wanted to play ...
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"defines the “hip” that is NYC – this is it, folks!" -Dick Metcalf Contemporary Fusion Reviews
"Q Morrow's creativity is astonishing" -All About Jazz
"One of the many admirable feats on "There Are Stars in Brooklyn" is Q Morrow's seamless ability to let the nylon string guitar shine through in all of it's stirring capabilities - even during his most complex compositions." -Lynus Wyrsch The Jazz Hole, Breakthrough Radio BTRtoday.com
"Q Morrow's rich south American tinged tonalities are an absolute joy to listen to. The guitarist and his well-seasoned band wade through complex material with punch and grace" -Jamie Reinert Radio 100,7 Luxembourg
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Location
New York City
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Q Morrow is a versatile guitarist who performs in a variety of musical genres across the greater Bay Area. Having studied music extensively here in the U.S. (Cabrillo College, University of North Texas) and abroad, Q is as much of an expert on Jazz and Classical guitar as he is on East Indian Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani), Cuban, Brazilian, and other Latin American musics. Q's method of teaching is spontaneous yet structured, with a focus on improvisation and theory working towards a universal understanding of music
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Q Morrow
Location: New York City
Instrument: Guitar
Born: June 8, 1983
