Morten Skaget most commonly known by his former stage name Morty Black, is a bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 best known for playing with international bands like JORN

Jørn Lande

Jørn Lande is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer who has sold over 2 million records worldwide. He is probably best known for being the lead singer of the power metal band Masterplan.-Biography:...

, Ken Hensley

Ken Hensley

Kenneth William David Hensley is a keyboard player , guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s....

, Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal

Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...

 and TNT

TNT (band)

TNT is a Norwegian hard rock/glam metal band from Trondheim, formed in 1982. The band has released twelve studio albums, three EPs and two live albums while going through numerous line-up changes since its formation...

. In addition he has also played for many famous Norwegian artists and has also been a bassist for Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

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. He also plays drums and once played the ride cymbal in the TNT song "Seven Seas". Away from music he is the father of three children. His stepson, Ståle Stiil, was the first rapper to sing lyrics in Norwegian with his album Yo! in 1992.

TNT

• Knights of the New Thunder
  Knights of the New Thunder
  - Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals *Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars*Morty Black – bass guitar*Morten "Diesel" Dahl – drums, percussion-Sources:**...
  
  (1984)
• Tell No Tales
  Tell No Tales
  - Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals*Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, guitar synthesizer*Morty Black – bass guitar, pedal synthesizer*Morten "Diesel" Dahl – drums, percussion-Additional personnel:*Håkon Iversen – background vocals*Bård Svendsen – keyboards and programming...
  
  (1987)
• Intuition (1989)
• Realized Fantasies
  Realized Fantasies
  - Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals*Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, keyboards, 1/4 stepper guitar*Morty Black – bass guitar*John Macaluso – drums, percussion-Additional personnel:*Joe Lynn Turner – background vocals*Dag Stokke – keyboards on track 6...
  
  (1992)
• Three Nights in Tokyo
  Three Nights in Tokyo
  - Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals*Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars*Morty Black – bass guitar*John Macaluso – drums, percussion-Sources:*...
  
   (Live) (1992)
• Firefly
  Firefly (TNT album)
  The song "Soldier of the Light" was never meant for the album. It was a demo from the Realized Fantasies sessions and was put on Firefly because the Japanese record company liked it so much....
  
  (1997)
• Transistor
  Transistor (TNT album)
  "Just Like God" is not included on the Japanese edition.- Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals*Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, backing vocals on "Free Again"*Morty Black – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Free Again"-Additional personnel:...
  
  (1999)
• Give me a Sign EP (2003)
• My Religion
  My Religion (album)
  * The guitar effect in "She Needs Me" was created using the overdrive effect, and punching a hole in the speaker's powertube.* "She Needs Me" is Tony Harnell's favorite song on My Religion.- Band :*Tony Harnell – vocals*Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars...
  
  (2004)

JORN

• The Duke
  The Duke (album)
  The Duke is the fourth full-length studio album by Jørn Lande. It was released under his stage name Jorn.The album features Jorn's collaboration with two guitarists Jørn Viggo Lofstad and Tore Moren for the first time together. The two had worked with Jorn before, although separately...
  
  (2006)
• The Gathering
  The Gathering (Jorn album)
  The Gathering is the first compilation by Jørn Lande. It was released under his stage name Jorn on January 29, 2007, the same day as his new covers album Unlocking the Past....
  
  (2007)
• Unlocking the Past
  Unlocking the Past
  Unlocking the Past is the fifth studio album by Jørn Lande.The album features covers of what Jorn states as his biggest musical influences, and as such, is composed mostly of classic hard rock and heavy metal acts such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake and Kiss.All covers were recorded...
  
  (2007)

External links

• Morty Black's official site