1973-77
Studied Performing Arts (music, dance, theater); Ethnomusicology (African, North Indian, Chinese); Philosophy of Aesthetics; and Eastern Religion at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. In 1974 Morgan founded his first open-door workshop for Free-Form Music Improvisation. In 1976 he attended the legendary Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY, and studied under Karl Berger, Don Cherry, and Oliver Lake as part of his external studies program. Moreover, he created his first compositional work for dance – “Distress Mistress”, and performed his first Ensemble work (14 piece) entitled “The Delirium Dimension”. In 1977 he created his first Interdisciplinary Work (multi-media) – “Galactic Visions”, a composition for music, dance, slide projectors, costumes, and light design.

1978-81
Conceptualized and composed for several collaborative interdisciplinary works: “It’s Only Money”; “CASH”; “Transient Landscapes”; and “Mykrocozm”, whereby he also had directing and acting responsibilities.

1982-83
Founded – “Presto Chango” with Andrew Woodruff and Robert Heywood, a musical theater/performance group that incorporated costumes and stage design.

1984-86
Co-founded the NAO(New Art Orchestra) with Paul Hoskin in Seattle.  Composed – “Opera for the Milliard Millennium”. Worked for MUZAK as a supervisor in the ’Background‘ department to re-evaluate their existing library of music.

1987-88
Moved to Birmingham, AL and worked with dancers Mary Horn and Susan Hefner, and started an on-going collaboration with LaDonna Smith. Created and performed “Portable Episodes” with Mary Horn and the Shakin‘ Ray Levis‘.

1988-89
First tour to Europe with the Seattle based trio Clank(w/ Johnny Calcagno and Charly Rowen), and worked with several international musicians from Denmark, England, Germany, and Czechoslovakia.

1991-02
Resides in Cologne, Germany, remaining active in the field of Improvised Music. He has been invited to several festivals in Western Europe, and has worked with Alan Silva, Keith Rowe, Peter Kowald, Paul Lytton, Thomas Lehn, and Xu Feng Xia just to name a few. In 1994 he established another open-door workshop for Conceptual Composition and Improvisation in Cologne, which led to invitations to lead workshops in Bielefeld, Hamburg, Lisbon, Leeds and Wuppertal. Also in 1994 he composed another interdisciplinary work called “In the Shadow of the Gambler” that was performed in Cologne and Krefeld. Moreover, he has led three classes through a creative process focused on Installation and Performance(“Elements”; “Haunted House”; and “N-Station” respectively) at the Tekniks Skole in Copenhagen.

Selected Discography:
Terra Incognita – Duo w/ Paul Lytton(CD Konnex) 2004
Avenue X – Quartet w/ Capote (CD Ninth World) 2003
Take No Prisoners – Duo w/ Bert Wilson (CD Konnex) 2003
Dubbel Duo – Quartet w/ Goudbeek, Jacquemyn, Kowald (CD Konnex) 2002
Magnetic Fields – Duo w/ Bert Wilson (CD FMO) 2002
Quartz & Crow Feather – Solo Alto Saxophone + Violin (CD Headlights) 2000
Sign of the Raven – Trio w/ Peter Jacquemyn + Mark Sanders (CD Ueton) 2000
Electroshock – I Woke Up Braindead - Quintet (CD Ueton) 1999
Dial: Log-Rhythm – Duo w/ Keith Rowe (CD Matchless) 1999
Near Vhana – Duo w/ Joker Nies (CD Ninth World) 1997
Snake Eyes – Duo w/ Joker Nies (CD Random Acoustics) 1995
Quasar-Mach – Solo + Ensemble Works (LP AuRoar) 1983
(more than 25 cassettes were produced/distributed by Sound of Pig Music between 1983-92)

Take No Prisoners (Konnex KCD 5115)

Bert Wilson - tenor & alto saxophones; Jeffrey Morgan - upright piano

tracks: Sky Dive - Take No Prisoners - Centauri - Fast Break - Poltergeist Meditations - Celestial Spheres - Lightning, Thunder, and Rain

Magnetic Fields (FMO 20)

Bert Wilson - clarinet, bass clarinet, alto & tenorsaxophones; Art Tantrum - piano

tracks: Field 1: Licorice Launch - Field 2: Propulsion - Field 3: Stalking into the Stygian sky - Field 4: Velocity

sign of the raven (Ueton CD 15)

Peter Jacquemyn - contrabass; Jeffrey Morgan - alto saxophone; Mark Sanders - drums, percussion

tracks: Mojo Colorado - Floating Bridges - Oblique Moons

Jeffrey Morgan - Solo Works for Alto Saxophone & Violin

tracks: New York Afternoon - 3.1414141 - Out of the Blue - Wild Ride - Cavern Passage - Dance of the Firefly - Motorways - Nice to see you - In Nova Scotia with a Scotch and Soda - Plasma

performed by C.L.A.N. ORCHESTRA
Musicians: Hans-Peter Salentin, tp; Norbert Stein, ts; Paul Hubweber, tb; Matthias Muche, tb; Frank Gratkowski, as; Georg Wissel, as; Carl-Ludwig Huebsch, tuba; Kees van Zomeren, cb; Hartmut Kracht, cb; Hans Kanty, dr; Klaus Mages, dr; Jeffrey Morgan, conductor

Live at the Kulturbunker / Cologne-Muehlheim)
(Videorecording and editing by: BVS-Videodocumentation)

Paul Lytton - percussion, electronics; Jeffrey Morgan - alto- & tenorsaxophone

tracks: Tunneling - Firewall Junction - Cross Hatched - Jumping at the Billow -Moth Wing Attachment - Encryptions

Konrad Doeppert - synthesizer, amplified objects; Jeffrey Morgan - alto saxophone; Hans Schneider - contrabass

Tracks: From The Plank To Plankton - Astral Planes - Shellfish Ballet - Deep Sea Diving - Fear Of Sharks - Nocticula - Hover Craft - Cloud 9

Cooperations with:
Keith Rowe - Paul Hession - Peter Jacquemyn - John Jasnoch - PO Jurgens - Bert Wilson - Michael Bisio - Phil Marks - Joergen Teller - Frank Koellges - André Goudbeek - LaDonna Smith - Alan Silva etc., etc.