morgan ågren
morgan ågren
Having played in Hot Rats (a band he had formed with Mats Öberg) in the early eighties and in Zappsteetoot (an 8-piece band that played Frank Zappa's music) in the late eighties, Morgan Ågren ( & Mats Öberg) sat in with the Zappa band in 1988 during the Stockholm performance. Since then Morgan (& Mats) have released and contributed to a fine bunch of albums.
In 1991 Morgan took part in the "Zappa's Universe" concert series.
Between 1994 and 1996, Mats & Morgan performed Zappa's music as Frank Zappa Memorial Barbeque.
In 2000 he performed with the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, playing Frank Zappa's "200 Motels Suites".
June 2003, he played Frank Zappa compositions with Lotsberg, Pajunen, Ågren & Tengstrand, with Denny Walley's Zappa Corner Band and with Ed Palermo's Big Band at The Umeå Internationella Kammarmusik Festival.
September / October 2003, he was featured as a special guest at the "Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue" concerts in France, by the Ensemble Imaginaire.
July 2004, the Mats / Morgan Band performed at the "Zappanale" festival in Bad Doberan, Germany. Shortly thereafter, the band toured the USA.
September 2006, the MusikFabrik performed music by Zappa and by Varèse. The band had been gathered by Ali N.Askin, and included keyboardist Mats Öberg and drummer Morgan Ågren as special guests.
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Morgan_Agren.html
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| agamon: open your eyes (1993, cd, sw, mellotronen cd 006) - feat. morgan ågren, mats öberg |
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| 1 | z: shampoo horn (1993, cd, uk, food for thought cdgrub 25) / european edition, = ahmet & dweezil zappa, feat. scott thunes, mike keneally, terry bozzio, morgan ågren |
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| various artists: zappa's universe (1993, cd, nl, verve 513575-2) - incl. various zappa band alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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| various artists: choice morsels (1993, cd, usa, verve/polygram) - incl. various zappa band alumni performing frank zappa's compositions |
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| z: shampoo horn (1994, cd, usa, barking pumpkin r2 71760) / american edition, = ahmet & dweezil zappa, feat. mike keneally, joe travers, bryan beller, scott thunes, terry bozzio, morgan ågren |
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| hans
annéllsson: du ar min sotsak (1995, cd, swe, lhm) - incl. 'uncle meat' (frank zappa), feat.morgan ågren |
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| simon steensland: the zombie hunter (2) (1995, cd, ??, ad perpetuam memoriam) - feat.mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: trends
and other diseases (1) (1996, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 1) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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| jimmy ågren: get this
into your head (1996, cd, swe, uae) - feat. mats öberg, produced by morgan ågren |
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| various artists:
the music of captain beefheart (1996, cd ,swe, uae) - feat. morgan ågren, d.walley, jimmy ågren, mats öberg; all compositions by don van vliet |
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| fredrik thordendal's special defects:
sol niger within (1997, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 4) - feat. mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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| denny walley: spare parts
(1) (1997, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 5) - feat.mats & morgan; incl.frank zappa compositions |
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| sten sandell - simon
steensland: under öknar (1997, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 6) - feat.mats öberg and morgan ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: the
music or the money… (2) (1997, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 7) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: radio
da da (3) (1998, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 9) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: the
teenage tapes (4) (1998, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 10) - feat. mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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| hans
annéllsson: one more time for the world (1999, cd, swe, annellsongs) - incl. 'uncle meat', 'king kong', 'the black page', 'oh no' (frank zappa), feat.morgan ågren |
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| simon steensland:
led circus (3) (1999, cd, sw, ultimate audio entertainment) - feat.mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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| dweezil
zappa: automatic (6) (2000, cd, usa, favored nations entertainment) - feat.morgan ågren, bozzio, keneally, thunes & ahmet zappa |
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| jimmy ågren: glass
finger ghost (2001, cd,; swe, uae) - feat.mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: live (5) (2001, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 13) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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| mats
/ morgan: on air with guests
(6) (2002, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 15) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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| morgan ågren: trum (2002, video, sweden, ??) - feat. mats öberg, jimmy ågren |
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| jimmy ågren:
close enoug for jazz (2003, cd, swe, uae) - feat. morgan ågren |
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| various artists: zappanale 15 (2004, 3cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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artists: zappanale 15 - retrospective (2004, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| sir millard mulch: how to sell the whole f#@!ing universe
to everybody (2005, 2cd, usa, wom 023) - feat. morgan agren |
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| mats / morgan
band: thanks for flying
with us (2005, cd, usa, cuneiform) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren |
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millard mulch:
the de-evolution of yasmine bleeth (2006, cd, usa, private release / mmm002) = carl king, feat. morgan agren, devin townsend |
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| hans annéllsson:
detta har hant (1990 - 2006) (2006, cd, sweden, annellssongs) = compilations |
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| mats / morgan band: heat beats live + tourbook
1991-2007 (2008, cd+dvd, usa, cuneifrom rune 265-266) |
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| mats
/ morgan: trends
and other diseases (2008, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 267) - feat. mats öberg, morgan & jimmy ågren // = a re-issue of the 1996 album, with one bonus track |
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| jimmy ågren:
live at scharinska (2009, download, swe, --) - feat. morgan ågren |
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morgan ågren, henry kaiser,
trey gunn: invisible rays (2011, cd, usa, 7d media) |
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| vargton
project:
progxprimetal (2011, cd, finland, lion music) - feat. morgan ågren |
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| bill laswell, raoul björkenheim, morgen ågren:
blixt (2011, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 335) |
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kings
of belgium: très fort |
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| rch:
recycled blue noise (2011, download, --, bandcamp) - feat. morgan ågren |
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| rch: four winds (2012, cd, slovakia, wegart) - feat. morgan ågren |
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| mattias ia eklundh:
freak guitar - the smorgasbord (2013, 2cd, usa, favored nations) - feat. dweezil zappa, guthrie govan, morgan ågren |
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boucles absurdes: boîte à tartines (2013, cd, bel, off records / p.v.presents) = jp jonckheere, pierre vervloesem, albert marcoeur & morgan ågren |
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| morgan ågren:
conundrum (a percussive misadventure) (2013, dvd, usa, bend bars / lift gates films) - feat. frank zappa, mats öberg, dweezil zappa, marco minnemann, mike keneally, joe travers |
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| hans annéllsson:
prog idag (2014, cdr-on-demand, usa, cdbaby) - feat mats öbert and morgan ågren |
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| mats / morgan:
[schack tati] (2014, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 385) |
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| morgan ågren:
conundrum undone - the deleted scenes (2014, download, usa, bend bars / lift gates films) = deleted scenes from the conundrum documentary |
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| morgan ågren:
batterie deluxe (2014, cd, japan, disk union / arcàngelo arc-3042) - feat. mats öberg, jimmy ågren, simon steensland, fredrik thordendal |
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| mats /
morgan band: live 2014 (2015, download, --, bandcamp) = download-only album |
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morgan: put another quarter in! (archives vol.1) (2015, download, --, bandcamp) = download-only album |
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| simon steensland: a farewell to brains (2015, cd, italy, altrock alt046) |
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| elliot elliot:
yeah low! (2015, spotify, --, --) - feat. mats öberg, morgan ågren |
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morgan ågren, janek gwizdala,
daedelus: pablo dali
computer project (2015, download, --, bandcamp) |
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| the banned from utopia:
zappanale 26 (2015, dvdr, ger, arf society) - all compositions by frank zappa; feat. various zappa alumni |
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artists: zappanale # 26 (2016, 3cd, ger, arf society) - incl. various frank zappa compositions, feat. napoleon murphy brock, ike willis, denny walley, jeff hollie, craig twister steward, ed mann, robert martin, albert wing, ray white, tom fowler, robbie mangano, mats öberg, morgan agren |
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| mats/morgan:
35th anniversary collection (2016, 2cd, sweden, morgan records m.rec 001) - feat. jimmy ågren, simon steensland, fredrik thordendal |
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| morgan ågren:
through the eyes of a morgchestra (2016, cd, sweden, morgan records m.rec 002) - feat. mats öberg, simon steensland |
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| carl king: grand architects of the universe (2017, cd, usa, private release) - feat. dweezil zappa, mike keneally, phi yaan-zek, marco minnemann, morgan ågren |
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| jimmy ågren:
honk flap and tease (2017, cd, sweden, garageland records) - feat. morgan ågren |
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elliot elliot: sympathy breakthrough (2017, download, --, bandcamp) - feat. morgan ågren |
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| mats /
morgan: live with norrlandsoperan symphony orchestra (2018, dvd / 2 cd, sweden, morgan records .rec 003) - incl.zappa licks in 'sylox' |
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elliot elliot: nature for president (2019, download, --, bandcamp) |
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| magma: zess (2019, cd, france, ??) - feat. morgan agren |
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| pierre vervloesem
feat. morgan
ågren: artiste international (2019, cd, bel, off records) |
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devin townsend:
empath (2019, 2cd, ger, sony) - feat. morgan agren, mike keneally |
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| mats /
morgan: oops!.. i sneezed (2020, download, --, bandcamp) - incl. 'echidna's arf (of you) / don't you ever wash that thing?' (frank zappa) |
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| morgan ågren: jamin' with kenneth (2020, download, --, bandcamp) |
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| the
vegetarians: spirits will collide (2020, download, --, bandcamp) - feat. morgan agren |
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panzerballett: planet z (2020, cd, ger, gentle art of music) - feat. morgan agren, marco minnemann |
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| devin townsend:
order of magnitute - empath live volume 1 (2020, 2cd+dvd+blu-ray, --, sony) - feat. morgan agren, mike keneally |
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videography
| morgan ågren : live in magic (????) |
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| morgan ågren: trum (2002, video, sweden, ??) - feat. mats öberg |
concerts
As part of the "Rock Group" in "Zappa's Universe"
"en akustisk afton med musik av frank zappa" (an acoustic evening with the music of fz)
1994/05/22 concert 'malmö konsthall', malmö, sweden
"en akustisk afton med musik av frank zappa" (an acoustic evening with the music of fz)
hans annéllsson, mats & morgan & others...
twenty small cigars, number 6, sheik yerbouti tango, treacherous cretins
an excellent 13-minute soundboard recording of this performance circulates
The Umeå Internationella Kammarmusik Festival
2003/06/10 Lotsberg, Pajunen, Ågren & Tengstrand: “Music For One”
Geir
Inge Lotsberg: violin * Anne Pajunen: vocals, viola * Morgan Ågren:
drums * Per Tengstrand: piano
2003/06/14 The Ed Palermo Big Band: "Big Band Zappa"
The Ed Palermo Big Band
Ed Palermo: director & sax * Magnus Ekholm, Bosse Strandberg: trumpet * Magnus Puls, Gunnar Walldén, Björn Hängsel: trombone * Peter Lindqvist, Petri Kivimäki, Peter Nordvall, Sigurd Löf, Jonas Knutsson: sax * Bob Quaranta, Mats Öberg: keyboards * Morgan Ågren: drums * Paul Adamy: bass * Mike Keneally: guitar * Napoleon M Brock: vocals & sax
Program
Regyptian
Strut * Cleetus Awreetus Awrightus * King Kong /
Transylvanian Boogie * Sleep Dirt * The Grand Wazoo * Uncle
Remus * Pygmy Twylyte * Village of the Sun * Echidna’s Arf
(of you) * Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing * Sofa #1 * Oh
No * The Idiot Bastard Son * Peaches en Regalia * Andy
2003/06/14 The Ed Palermo Jazz From Hell Band
The Ed Palermo Jazz From Hell Band
Ed Palermo: sax * Mike Keneally: guitar * Mats Öberg: keyboards * Morgan Ågren: drums * Paul Adamy: bass * Bob Quaranta: piano
Setlist
The Gumbo Variations
20 Small Cigars
Toads
Of The Short Forest
2003/06/14 The Zappa Corner Band: "The Zappa Corner #2"
The Zappa Corner band:
Denny Walley: slide guitar, vocals * Mats Öberg: keyboard * Morgan Ågren: drums * Tommy Thordsson: bass * Napoleon M Brock: vocals, sax * Mike Keneally: guitar * Ed Palermo: sax * Paul Adamy: bass
Setlist
Montana * (Paul Adamy on bass, sung by Napi, without Denny, but with four invited young girls - three on backing vocals, one on trombone - from Zappa Graduates
City of Tiny Lites (Tommy on bass, featuring a long wah wah solo from Zappa Graduates young guitar player, without Napi)
Magic Fingers (Tommy on bass, solo passing between Mike, Denny and the young guy from Zappa Graduates, without Napi)
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Tommy on bass, Napi on lead vocals)
What's The Ugliest part of your Body (same)
Advance Romance (Paul Adamy on bass, Jimmy Ågren on
Harmonica, Napi on lead vocals)
encores :
The Black Page #1 (played spontaneously by Mike, Mats & Morgan on the rhythm of the hand claps of the audience !)
Inca Roads (Paul Adamy on bass, Napi on flute, sung by Mike who also played the piano during Mats' keyboard solo, without Denny)
Amerika Drinks (with Mike on drums ! the whole thing ending up into a frenzy in the Absolutely Free style)
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