Jeffrey Morgan

Involved with free/improvised music since 1974, my musical collaborators have included LaDonna Smith, Paul Lytton, Keith Rowe (AMM), Alan Silva and Peter Kowald. Beyond the aural, I have repeatedly delved into experimental theater and multidimensional art, creating twelve major interdisciplinary works (six in collaboration), and contributing to a number of other pieces in capacities as director, choreographer, technical designer, actor and composer. My artistic pursuit recombines formal and emergent elements in the laboratory of performance, as if honing a knife to cut from the air fresh revelations.

Selected Recordings

Festivals

Interdisciplinary Works

CDs
Take No Prisoners: duo with Bert Wilson, Konnex, Germany, 2002
The Chinese Smile: collaboration with Ole Lillelund, Kumar, Denmark, 2002
Dubbel Duo: quartet with Goudbeek, Jacquemyn, and Kowald, Konnex, Germany, 2001
Magnetic Fields: duo with Bert Wilson FMO, USA, 2000
Sign of the Raven: Üton, Germany, 2000
Quartz & Crow Feather: Solo Works for Alto Saxophone & Violin: Headlights, Lisbon, email: ip237643@ip.pt, 2000
Dial: Log-Rhythm: duo with Keith Rowe, Matchless, England, 1999
Electroshock: I woke up Braindead: quintet with Dr. Borg, Konrad Döppert, Joker Nies, & Der President, Üton, Germany, 1999
Pair a' Dice: Near Vhana: duo with Joker Nies, Ninth World, Denmark, 1997
The Nail Nippers: Bitin' Thru: duo with Frank Köllges, FKK, Germany, 1997
The Flying Pyjama Fishers: The Zen of Fishing: See Other Side Recordings, 1996
Pair a' Dice: Snake Eyes: duo with Joker Nies, Random Acoustics, Germany, 1995
Jeffrey Morgan: Ensemble Works 81/95: See Other Side Recordings, 1995
Pokachevski vol. I: solo piano, See Other Side Recordings, 1990
Ninja Voodoo - Archives Vol. II: trio with Ray & Vale
HJ FreeZen: "Africa Is an Island" - Archives Vol. I: trio with Hjelm & Olson, 1984
LP
Quasar-Mach: solo and ensemble compositions, 1983, AuRoar Records, Seattle, WA
Cassettes
The Laws of William Bonney: saxophone quartet, 1993
Summer Assault: trio live in Münster, 1992
Summer Assault: trio live in Czechoslovakia, 1991
Clank: "Klank" - Live in Europe: trio, 1988
Laboratory Affairs: duo with LaDonna Smith, 1988
Sidewalk Collectables: solo saxophone, khene, piano & excerpts from Opera for the Milliard Millennium, 1987
Beta Clank: trio, 1987

2000
Cologne: MusikTriennale

1999
Cologne: Jack Pohl stellt vor #8 (festival for improvised music)
Copenhagen: Experimental Music Festival #6

1997
Cologne: Nozart #2
Copenhagen: Experimental Music Festival
Nantes: Trafics

1996
Antwerp: Free Music Festival #23
Cologne: Nozart Festival
Moers: Moers Music Festival #25
Seattle: Seattle Improv Fest #11

1995
Copenhagen: Experimental Music Festival
Frankfort: F.I.M.
Moers: Moers Music Festival

1994
Leeds: Termite Club
London: London Jazz Festival

1993
Bochum: 9th Ruhr Jazz Festival

1992
Cologne: Forum for Experimental Music
Copenhagen: Forum for Improvised Music
London: Forum for Experimental Music

1991
Bratislava: Festival for Contemporary Arts
Copenhagen: Forum for Experimental Music
Krefeld: Forum for Improvised Music
Sheffield: Festival for Improvised Music

N-Station: Teknisk Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1999 (collaboration)
Haunted House: Teknisk Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998
Elements: Teknisk Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997
In the Shadow of the Gambler: Cologne, Germany, 1994
Legend of Age: Roskilde Festival, Denmark, 1993 (collaboration)
Staatenlos: Jazzkeller, Krefeld, Germany, 1989 (collaboration)
Portable Episodes: Danceworks, Birmingham, AL, 1988 (collaboration)
Opera for the Milliard Millennium: Sylvan Theater, Seattle, WA, 1987
Mykrocozm: Experimental Theater, Olympia, WA 1981
Transient Landscapes: Experimental Theater, Olympia, WA 1980
C.A.S.H. (It's Only Money II): Experimental Theater, Santa Cruz, CA, 1980 (collaboration)
It's Only Money: Experimental Theater, Olympia, WA 1979 (collaboration)

Grants/Stipends

1992
British Arts Council Performing Arts Grant