Morris Pleasure

Morris "Mo" Joseph Pleasure (born July 12, 1962) is an American composer, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Pleasure is a former member of Earth, Wind & Fire and the Average White Band and a musical director for singer Bette Midler. Pleasure has also worked with artists such as Ray Charles, Najee, George Duke, Marion Meadows and Natalie Cole. Along with the likes of Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Brian Culbertson, and David Foster.

Frequent trips to Louisiana to visit family exposed him to Gospel music as many of his relatives were active in church. And it was on these trips that he also experienced first hand the inequalities of the still segregated south. A black family traveling through the south in those times could not stop at a hotel for the night.. During 1994 Pleasure joined Earth, Wind & Fire as the band's new musical director. Pleasure went on to play keyboards on EW&F's 1996 album Greatest Hits Live, 1997 album In the Name of Love and 2004 DVD at Montreux 1997.

He also featured on Najee's 1994 album Share My World and Marion Meadows' 1994 LP Forbidden Fruit. Pleasure then appeared on jazz group Urban Knights's 1997 album Urban Knights II and Gerald Albright's 1997 LP Live to Love. As well he produced George Howard on his 1998 album Midnight Mood and Philip Bailey on his 1999 album Dreams.

Personal life He has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including fundraising for the Guilford ABC Program and Guilford High School music programs and co-founded "We R 1 Voice" with his ex-wife Lori in 2013.

Discography Elements of Pleasure (2004) Watersign Records