Herbert Morgan (musician)

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Herbert L. Morgan Jr. (also Herbie Morgan, Rahman Herbie Morgan ; * 9. September 1929 , † 19 July 2013 in New Jersey ) was an American jazz - tenor saxophonist .

Morgan recorded with Dave Burns for Vanguard Records in the early 1960s and with Larry Young several times in the second half of the decade , appearing on his blue-note albums Of Love and Peace (1966), Contrasts, Mother Ship and Trip Merchant (1969) with Lee Morgan . In the 1970s, Morgan was a member of the wind section of the Latin jazz band Ocho . In 2004 he performed at the Vision Festival in New York in an ensemble project by Amiri Baraka called Blue Ark: the Wordship , in which Pheeroan akLaff and Vijay Iyer also played. In the field of jazz he was involved in six recording sessions between 1966 and 2006.

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  1. ↑ Obituary in the Star Ledger
  2. ↑ Discographic information at Jazz.com ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazz.com
  3. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Herbie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz tenor saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1929
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 2013
Place of death New Jersey