Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris, known professionally as Chris Columbo, was a prominent American jazz drummer born on June 17, 1902, in Greenville, North Carolina. He passed away at the age of 100 on August 20, 2002, in New Jersey. Columbo was also known by the monikers Crazy Chris Columbo and Joe Morris, though he was not related to other musicians with the name Joe Morris.

Columbo's career in jazz spanned from the 1920s to the 1990s, making him one of the longest-active musicians in his field. He began his professional journey in 1921, playing with Fletcher Henderson, and quickly became a fixture in the jazz scene, performing at numerous nightclubs in Atlantic City and New York City. He led his own band from the 1930s to the late 1940s, holding a notable residency at the Savoy Ballroom.

Throughout his career, Columbo collaborated with legendary jazz figures such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Wild Bill Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald. He was a dynamic performer known for his showmanship, which included flipping drumsticks and using a motorcycle seat as a drum throne.

Columbo was a father figure to Sonny Payne, a drummer for the Count Basie Orchestra. He led the Club Harlem orchestra for 34 years until the club's closure in 1978, after which his band performed at nearly every casino hotel in Atlantic City. Despite suffering a stroke in 1993, Columbo was celebrated as the oldest working musician in Atlantic City at that time.

His contributions to jazz and the Atlantic City music scene were recognized in 2005 when a section of Kentucky Avenue, home to Club Harlem, was renamed Chris Columbo Lane.