James Lloyd Morrison AM (born 11 November 1962) is an Australian

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musician. Although his main instrument is

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, he has also performed on

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flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...

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, and

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. He is a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels. He composed and performed the opening fanfare at the

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. In 2009, he joined Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown as a presenter on ''

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''. At the

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Morrison and an a cappella group,

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, won Best Jazz Album, for their collaboration on ''

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''. In 2012 Morrison was appointed Artistic Director of the

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for the 2013 and 2015 festivals. He was inducted into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame 2013 at the

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. In July 2013 he conducted the World's Largest Orchestra in Brisbane's

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, consisting of 7,224 musicians.

Early life and education

James Lloyd Morrison was born on 11 November 1962 in

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, a rural farming community, where his father, George Morrison, was a

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minister. Morrison comes from a musical family: his mother plays alto saxophone, piano, and organ; his sister is a trumpeter, and his older brother, John Morrison, is a jazz drummer. The family moved to various sites in New South Wales due to his father's ministry before settling in

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. At the age of six, he started taking piano lessons and at seven, he took up playing brass instruments, practiced on his brother's cornet. Morrison attended Mona Vale Primary School and Pittwater High School, then

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where he completed a jazz course. At the conservatorium he met

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, who became his mentor. In 1981, Morrison was a faculty member at his alma mater.

Music career

Morrison Brothers

In 1983 James and John Morrison formed the Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band, a 13-piece group. In 1984 the band included James Morrison on trumpet, trombone, and piano, Warwick Alder on trumpet, Peter Cross on trumpet, Paul Andrews on alto saxophone, Tom Baker on alto and baritone saxophones, Jason Morphett on tenor saxophone, Glenn Henrich on

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, Craig Scott on bass, and John Morrison on drums. The band's debut album, ''A Night in Tunisia'', was released in 1984 by ABC Records as part of the Don Burrows Collection. The

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is a jazz standard by

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; another track, "Burrows Bossa", was written by Morrison. Also that year he backed Burrows on ''Burrows at the Winery'', playing trumpet,

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, trombone, and flugelhorn. The album was live at Rothbury Estate Winery. Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band used the same venue for their album ''Live at the Winery''. Morrison played the wrong

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at the

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final in Australia in 2003. Instead of playing the current anthem, ''

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'', he performed the ''

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'', not heard since the Second Republic era (1931–1939), causing the Spanish Secretary of State for Sport to walk out in anger. Morrison later revealed he had mistakenly learned the incorrect tune due to being given the wrong sheet music. Fortunately an official quickly found a CD of the correct anthem, placating the Spanish and allowing the match to proceed.

Association with other musicians

Morrison has performed with Dizzy Gillespie (the first Australian to do so); Don Burrows,

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, and

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. He has also worked with

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, Ray Brown,

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, Graeme Lyall,

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, Mark Nightingale,

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, and Phil Stack. In 1990, he recorded the album ''Snappy Doo'' with Ray Brown on double bass,

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on guitar, Jeff Hamilton on drums, and Morrison on piano, trumpet, trombone (tenor and bass), saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone), and bits of clarinet, flute, flugelhorn, and euphonium. He recorded a sequel, ''Snappy Too'', in 2011 with Hamilton, but Brown and Ellis died in the interim, so Morrison played guitar and bass in addition to all of the other instruments from the first album. In 1999, he collaborated with

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and

on the song " Blue Christmas", which is included on Jeffreys' album, '' Christmas Wish''. In 2005, he was guest soloist at the 150th anniversary concert of the

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; and in 2009 performed with them as special guest during their Australian tour. In 2007, he again appeared as guest soloist at concerts with the band in Manchester and London. In 2003 he founded the band on the Edge together with the German keyboardist and composer Simon Stockhausen, son of

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. Morrison has a long association with composer and pianist

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(composer of the theme from ''Mission: Impossible'') and has recorded albums for Schifrin's "Jazz Meets the Symphony" series. These include recordings with the

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and the Czech National symphony orchestras. He found his lead vocalist, Emma Pask, at a school concert when she was 16, and she became an internationally renowned jazz singer. Morrison sponsors scholarships for musicians and is involved with youth bands. His association with Generations in Jazz has spanned three decades. He was chairman of this organization, which ran one of the largest youth jazz events in the world.

Other activities

Radio and TV presenter

For a number of years, Morrison has been the presenter of the in-flight jazz radio station for Qantas Airways. In 1994, James presented ''Behind The Wheel'', a motoring television series on

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. Ten saw the benefits of a series like this and commissioned 18 episodes. It aired on a Tuesday night at 7.30pm to an audience of 2.1 million viewers. The pilot episode was produced by Tim Kupsch, Andy Wallace and James Morrison. Unlike ''

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'', the show ideas and script were largely conceived "on the fly" by Morrison and Kupsch. On 19 December 2008, presenter Charlie Cox announced his departure from ''

'' due to lack of time. Morrison replaced him in the second season alongside Warren Brown and Steve Pizzati. He appeared as the "Star in a Bog-Standard Car" in episode 6 of the first series. On 18 September 2018, he started to present the Tuesday night specialist show ''Top Brass'' for

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, which was moved alongside '' Sunday Night Is Music Night'' for series 2 in 2020 and which continues to be broadcast in the United Kingdom at 9pm on a Sunday in 2022.

Instrument production

In early 2010 he formed an association with Austrian brass manufacturer Schagerl to produce "signature" models. These include two series – the custom, hand-made "Meister" series and the intermediate professional "Academica" series. There are trumpets and trombones in both series, and the Meister series includes flugelhorn and bass trumpet. His design of a trumpet called "The Raven" uses rotary valves with a long lead pipe usually associated with a piston trumpet. He has also designed an improved ''

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'', a hybrid trombone that has three valves as well as a slide. An instrument project with designer and robotics expert Steve Marshall produced the Morrison Digital Trumpet, a

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wind controller that looks like a futuristic version of a typical trumpet. It allows a trumpeter to play electronic sounds in much the same way a pianist can play a

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. On his collaboration album '' The Other Woman'' with singer Deni Hines, he wrote a track called "(Tired of Being) The Other Woman". When Morrison performed this track at a performance in Sydney, he revealed his latest piece of music technology. It is a

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keyboard (VP770) that has a microphone attached and 'sings' whatever Morrison speaks into the microphone, producing the sound of a choir.

James Morrison Academy of Music

In March 2015 Morrison opened the James Morrison Academy of Music in

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– a tertiary-level, dedicated jazz school offering a degree in jazz performance. Award-winning jazz drummer David Jones started lecturing at the academy in 2015. The academy ceased operations in 2021, citing the

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as a major factor. the program was undergoing restructuring, with an aim to bring short courses to regional areas in the near future.

Flying

Morrison is also a private pilot and the brand ambassador for Australian Air Safaris.

Personal life

Morrison met Judi Green, the 1987

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winner, at a barbecue before both participated in a celebrity race at the Adelaide Grand Prix. The couple married in 1988 and they have three sons.

Awards and honours

On 9 June 1997 James Morrison was appointed a

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with a citation "for service to music, particularly jazz, and the sponsorship of young musicians".

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

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) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. , - ,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, ''In Good Company'' (with

) , Best Independent Jazz Album , , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, ''The Great American Songbook'' (with

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) , Best Independent Jazz Album Album , , - ,

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, ''Midnight Till Dawn Mildlife – Phase'' , Best Independent Jazz Album Album , , -

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. Morrison has won two awards from thirteen nominations. , - ,

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, ''Postcards From Down Under'' , rowspan="13", Best Jazz Album , , - ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, ''Swiss Encounter'' (with Adam Makowicz) , , - ,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

, ''Snappy Doo'' , , - ,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, ''Manner Dangerous'' , , - ,

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, ''To the Max'' (with Ray Brown) , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, ''Scream Machine'' , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, ''The Other Woman'' (with Deni Hines) , , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, ''Feels Like Spring'' (with The Idea of North) , , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, ''Snappy Too'' , , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, ''In Good Company'' (with Don Borrows) , , - , rowspan="2" ,

, ''The Great American Songbook'' (with BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Harry Morrison, William Morrison & Patrick Danao) , , - , ''James Morrison With His Academy Jazz Orchestra'' , , - ,

, ''Ella and Louis'' (with Patti Austin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey) , , -

APRA Music Awards

, - ,

, "Saturday Sailing" , Most Performed Jazz Work , , -

Australian Jazz Bells

The

, also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells, are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. , - , 2013 , James Morrison , Graeme Bell Hall of Fame , , -

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the

Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were last awarded in 2016. ...

), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. James Morrison won ten awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 1988 , James Morrison , Ricky May Jazz Performer of the Year , , - , rowspan="3", 1989 , James Morrison , Jazz Performer of the Year , , - , James Morrison , Jazz Male Performer of the Year , , - , James Morrison , Australian Performer of the Year , , - , rowspan="2", 1990 , James Morrison , Jazz Performer of the Year , , - , James Morrison , Jazz Male Performer of the Year , , - , 1997 , James Morrison , Jazz Instrumental Performer of the Year , , - , 1999 , James Morrison , Jazz Instrumental Performer of the Year , , - , 2002 , James Morrison , Jazz Instrumental Performer of the Year , , - , 2006 , James Morrison , Ricky May Jazz Performer of the Year , , -

Discography

Albums

References

External links

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''Top Brass''
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