Morris Goldberg

Morris Goldberg (* 1936 in Cape Town ) is a South African jazz musician (saxophone, flute, Penny Whistle ) who has lived in New York City since the 1960s .

Live and act

Goldberg first learned the clarinet. Early influences on him were Kippie Moeketsi , Christopher Columbus Ngcukana and Harold Jaftha. He met Hugh Masekela in the late 1950s . He performed in the Townships Observatory and District Six jazz clubs with Chris McGregor , Gerry Bosman and Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim). In 1960 he left South Africa for England and then moved to the United States. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there and worked regularly with Harry Belafonte , Sivuca and the South African singers Miriam Makeba and Letta Mbulu . In the 1970s, he focused more on teaching. During a visit to South Africa in 1974 he went with Abdullah Ibrahim into the studio to the legendary Cape Jazz -Titel Mannberg take. In the 1980s he worked regularly with Harry Belafonte and Hugh Masekela, but also worked as a studio musician for Paul Simon and appeared on his Graceland album on Pennywhistle (“You Can Call Me Al”) and the soprano saxophone (“Crazy Love ”). Between 1996 and 2002 he was part of the band on the Rosie O'Donnell Show and accompanied musicians such as Tony Bennett , Mary Chapin Carpenter , Barry Manilow and Phil Collins on television .

In New York he leads the band Ojoyo , with whom he performs South African jazz. He has also recorded with Judy Collins , Pops Mohamed , Bakithi Kumalo, Hans Theessink , Philip Tabane , Christine Lavin, Tony Bird, Willie Colón and Joan Baez .

Discographic notes

• Abdullah Ibrahim Mannenberg Is Where It's Happening (1974, with Robbie Jansen , Basil Coetzee , Paul Michaels, Monty Weber )
• Jazz in transit. Live in Cape Town (with Tony Schilder , Merton Barrow, Gary Kriel, Cecil Rica, 1983)
• Forward Motion (2003)

Web links

• Web presence with discography
• portrait