Richard Edwin Morrissey was a British jazz musician and composer.
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10 Facts About Dick Morrissey
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Dick Morrissey played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute.
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Dick Morrissey emerged in the early 1960s in the wake of Tubby Hayes, Britain's pre-eminent sax player at the time.
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Dick Morrissey spent most of 1962 in Calcutta, India as part of the Ashley Kozak Quartet, playing three two-hour sessions seven days a week, before returning to the UK and forming his quartet with Harry South – who had been in the quartet in Calcutta – on piano.
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Dick Morrissey performed regularly at the National Jazz Festival in the 1960s; his last appearance under his own name there was at the 6th festival held at Windsor, although he would return to the festival with If in 1972 for their only appearance.
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Dick Morrissey died on 8 November 2000, aged 60, after many years fighting various forms of cancer.
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Dick Morrissey's last gig was a reunion with the Morrissey–Mullen band at the Astor theatre in Deal.
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Dick Morrissey's funeral, held in Deal, was attended by many of his fellow musicians including Allan Ganley.
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Dick Morrissey was a lightning improviser and the flood of his inventions flew through his fingers with ease, for he was a masterful player.
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Dick Morrissey possessed the remarkable knack of making everything he played sound not only exciting but happy.
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