Home » Jazz Articles » Morris Nanton
Jazz Articles about Morris Nanton
The Morris Nanton Trio: Forty-Eight Years of Musical Rapport
by Joseph Bendel
"We go on the bandstand to kill, loaded for bear," bassist Norman Edge says, describing the relish he and pianist Morris Nanton bring to their trio performances. Shortly after Nanton's service discharge in 1956, he met Edge, and their connection was immediate.For a full forty-eight years Nanton and Edge have played together, longer than many marriages last. Drummer Jeff Brillinger is the junior member of the Morris Nanton Trio, with a mere twenty-six years of seniority. Such stability ...
read more