Isaiah "Ike" Morgan was an American jazz

Jazz

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 trumpeter.

Morgan's was a musical family; he was the brother of Al Morgan

Al Morgan (musician)

Albert Morgan was an American jazz double-bassist.Morgan came from a musical family; Sam Morgan and Isaiah Morgan were both bandleaders and trumpeters, and Andrew Morgan was a jazz reedist. Morgan started on clarinet, then learned baritone sax, tuba, and bass...

, Sam Morgan

Sam Morgan (musician)

Sam Morgan was a New Orleans jazz trumpet player and bandleader.The recordings by Sam Morgan's Jazz Band for Columbia Records in 1927 are some of the best regarded New Orleans classic jazz recordings of the decade, and continue to be influential....

, and Andrew Morgan

Andrew Morgan

Andrew Morgan was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist....

. He played in Plaquemines Parish in the early 1910s and then moved to New Orleans. He led his brothers in the Young Morgan Band from 1922, which was lated led by Sam Morgan; this ensemble recorded for Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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 and featured Papa Celestin

Papa Celestin

Oscar "Papa" Celestin was an American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and vocalist.-Life and career:...

 among its members. After Sam suffered a stroke

Stroke

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 in 1932, Isiah resumed leadership of the group, but it disassembled in 1933. He was a bandleader in the Biloxi, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 area in the 1930s and 1940s, and played with Andrew there as well. Isaiah recorded in 1955 on an album called Dance Hall Days, Vol. 1; his group at this time featured Freddie Land on piano. He retired from music the following year.