Thomas Morgan (born 14 August 1981 in Hayward, California) is an American jazz musician (upright bass, cello) in contemporary jazz.
Morgan began playing the cello 7 years of age, before 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 also took lessons with Ray Brown and Peter Herbert. Morgan 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 throughout his career. He is also cooperating with Jakob Bro, Dan Tepfer, Jim Black, John Abercrombie, Masabumi Kikuchi and the Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet. Morgan lead his own trio.
2002: Down Homeless (PG Records), with VNMG including Will Vinson, Peter Gabis, and Steve Newcombe2004: Monsoon (Soul Note), with Scott DuBois Quintet Feat. David Liebman2005: Minor Changes (OA2 Records), with Liam Sillery Quintet2005: Beauty Under Construction (Konnex Records), with Som Sum Sam2006: Tempest (Soul Note), with Scott DuBois Quintet2006: Cities and Desire (Criss Cross), with David Binney, Mark Turner, Craig Taborn, and Dan Weiss2007: Land Tides (hatOLOGY), with Jackson Harrison Trio2007: That/Not (Firehouse 12 Records), with Tyshawn Sorey2008: 7th Heaven (Between The Lines), with Samuel Blaser Quartet2008: Wait Till You See Her (ECM Records), with John Abercrombie Quartet2009: Pieces Of Old Sky (Clean Feed), with Samuel Blaser Quartet2009: Bafa (Between The Lines), with Timuçin Şahin Quartet2010: Timshel (Sunnyside Communications), with Dan Weiss Trio2010: Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside), with Scott DuBois2010: To Fly To Steal (Intakt Records), with Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet2010: Evanescences (Dalang! Records), with Casimir Liberski and Tyshawn Sorey2011: Boundless (hatOLOGY), with Samuel Blaser Quartet2011: R/B (Bee Jazz), with Nelson Veras and Stéphane Galland2011: Quite Simply (Bee Jazz), with Angelika Niescier and Tyshawn Sorey2011: Somatic (Winter & Winter), with Jim Black Trio2011: Hôtel Du Nord (Intakt Records), with Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet2011: The Windmills of Your Mind (Winter & Winter), with Paul Motian2012: As The Sea (hatOLOGY), with Samuel Blaser Quartet2012: Sunrise (ECM Records), with Masabumi Kikuchi Trio2013: Wisława (ECM Records), with Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet2013: Chants (ECM Records), with Craig Taborn Trio2013: City Of Broken Dreams (ECM Records), with Giovanni Guidi Trio2014: Birdies For Lulu (Intakt Records), with Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Quartet feat Scott Colley and Billy Mintz2014: Actuality (Winter & Winter), with Jim Black Trio2015: Spring Rain (Whirlwind Recordings), with Samuel Blaser Quartet2015: Masabumi Kikuchi Ben Street Thomas Morgan Kresten Osgood (ILK Music), with Masabumi Kikuchi, Ben Street, and Kresten Osgood2015: This Is The Day (ECM Records), with Giovanni Guidi Trio2016: Books, Bottles & Bamboo (Enja Records), with Anna-Lena Schnabel Quartet2016: The Constant (Intakt Records), with Jim Black Trio
