McLure "Red Mac" Morris

American jazz trumpeter (but also pianist, organist, drummer, vocalist) and bandleader, nicknamed "Red Mack", born January 18, 1912 in Memphis, Tennessee, died June 14, 1993 in Los Angeles, California. Morris played with Louis Armstrong, Sonny Clay, Charlie Echols, Lorenzo Flennoy, Lionel Hampton and also led his own orchestra. His records for Gold Seal, Atlas and Mercury in 1945, 1946 and 1951, respectively, are rhythm & blues rather than jazz.