Morris Davis

Who was Morris Davis?

Morris Cecil Davis was a Canadian composer, arranger, and conductor. He was sometimes referred to as "Rusty Davis". A largely self-taught composer and orchestrater, he wrote more than 200 jingles for Canadian radio and television. He also contributed incidental music to more than 100 radio and TV programs and composed more than 30 scores for feature films; including the scores to Whispering City, La Forteresse, Le Curé de village, and Tambour battant. He also composed a number of orchestral works, songs, and jazz pieces. His jazz concerto Blues and Finales in G is written in the style of Rhapsody in Blue, and his Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz was played often in concerts by Maynard Ferguson.