Thomas Morgan (bassist)

Thomas Morgan (born 14 August 1981) is an American jazz bassist.

Thomas Morgan
Morgan performs in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2015.
Morgan performs in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2015.
Background information
Born (1981-08-14) 14 August 1981
Hayward, California
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Double bass
Years active2000–present
LabelsVerve, ECM, JMT, Milestone, Blue Note, Concord
Websitethomasmorgan.net

Biography

Morgan began playing the cello at 7, eventually switching to upright-bass at 14. In 2003 he received his bachelor's degree in Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Harvie Swartz and Garry Diall. He has also studied briefly with Ray Brown and Peter Herbert. Morgan has worked with David Binney, Steve Coleman, Joey Baron, Josh Roseman, Brad Shepik, Steve Cardenas, Timuçin Şahin, Kenny Wollesen, Gerald Cleaver, Adam Rogers and Kenny Werner.[1] He has also collaborated with Jakob Bro, Dan Tepfer, Jim Black, John Abercrombie, and Masabumi Kikuchi, and he has performed with the Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet.

Morgan was featured prominently on the 2017 ECM album Small Town in a duet setting with guitarist Bill Frisell. The album documents a 2016 live performance at the Village Vanguard.

In 2014, Morgan's own trio, featuring keyboardist Pete Rende and drummer Dan Weiss, was reviewed in the New York Times by jazz critic Ben Ratliff, who called Morgan, "a jazz musician whose presence in a recording or a performance almost automatically [makes] it worth your time".[2]

Discography

As sideman

With David Binney

  • Bastion of Sanity (Criss Cross, 2005)
  • Cities and Desire (Criss Cross, 2006)
  • In the Paint (Posi-Tone, 2009)

With Jim Black

  • Somatic (Winter & Winter, 2011)
  • Actuality (Winter & Winter, 2014)
  • The Constant (Intakt, 2016)
  • Reckon (Intakt, 2020)

With Samuel Blaser

  • 7th Heaven (Between the Lines, 2008)
  • Pieces of Old Sky (Clean Feed, 2009)
  • Consort in Motion (Kind of Blue, 2011)

With Jakob Bro

  • Time (Loveland, 2011)
  • BRO/KNAK (Loveland, 2012)
  • December Song (Loveland, 2013)
  • Gefion (ECM, 2015)
  • Hymnotic/Salmodisk (Loveland, 2015)
  • Streams (ECM, 2016)
  • Returnings (ECM, 2018)
  • Bay of Rainbows (ECM, 2018)

With Scott DuBois

  • Monsoon (Soul Note, 2004)
  • Tempest (Soul Note, 2006)
  • Banshees (Sunnyside, 2008)
  • Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside, 2010)
  • Landscape Scripture (Sunnyside, 2012)
  • Winter Light (ACT, 2015)
  • Autumn Wind (ACT, 2017)

With Bill Frisell

With others

See also

References
  1. "Thomas Morgan". Biography. Dialroche.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  2. Ratliff, Ben (2014-12-12). "A Frequent Guest Star Takes a Turn Leading". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
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