Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr.
Jennings played drums on the Electric Mud album by Muddy Waters, the 1969 album The Howlin' Wolf Album by Howlin' Wolf, and the 1972 Curtis Mayfield album Super Fly.[1] His work at Chess Records includes "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw, which includes an unusual two-bar break early in the song.[2]
Jennings died at his South Side Chicago home of natural causes at age 77 on June 3, 2016.[3]
With Roy Buchanan
With Terry Callier
With Tyrone Davis
With The Dells
With Woody Herman
With Ramsey Lewis
With Curtis Mayfield
With others