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Less well known today than his great contemporary John McKenna, but just as distinctive in style was flute player Tom Morrison (1889-1958) from Whitepark near Glenamaddy in north County Galway. His punchy, drivingly rhythmic playing was accompanied on many of his sides by percussionist John Reynolds, who was a pioneer of bodhrán playing on record. Morrison also had a marvelous partnership with a pianist identified only as ‘Miss McGoldrick,’ who demonstrated her skill as a melody player when they recorded a duet arrangement of the jig “The Tenpenny Bit” in 1924.” Morrison also recorded notable duets with fiddler Michael Coleman and melodeon great P.J. Conlon.

  • The tenpenny bit [Irish Jigs] / Tom J Morrison, flute ; Miss McGoldrick, piano

  • The Indian on the rock [The maids of fair hill] [reels] / Tom J Morrison, flute ; Ed Geoghegan, piano

  • The holy land, reel ; The star of Kilkenny, reel / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, bodhrán

  • The boys from Galway, polka / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, bodhrán

  • The plains of Boyle, hornpipe / Peter Conlon, melodeon ; Tom Morrison, flute

  • The salt hill pipes [jigs] / Peter Conlon, melodeon ; Tom Morrison, flute ; T Higgins

Tom Morrison, flute / Unidentified photographer. New York, 1940s.
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