ONE LP PORTRAITS: MUSICIANS: G - L: JAMES MORRISON: James Morrison: Musician

{quote}Well it was the first time I'd heard big band that sounded orchestral - he seemed to cross all genres - it was jazz no doubt about it, but suddenly it was bigger!Apart from that of course - being a trumpeter and loving that instrument - Cootie Williams on there does that great piece 'El Gato' that Ellington wrote for him and I just used to listen to that over and over - sort of saying now that's how I want to sound on the trumpet.So it's one of those albums you grow up with and it's part of who you are musically.{quote}James Morrison: Wigan Jazz Festival, July 2012Duke Ellington: 70th Birthday Concert (Free Trade Hall Manchester, England) 1969James Morrison
James Morrison: Musician, Duke Ellington: 70th Birthday Concert

 

"Well it was the first time I'd heard big band that sounded orchestral - he seemed to cross all genres - it was jazz no doubt about it, but suddenly it was bigger! 

Apart from that of course - being a trumpeter and loving that instrument - Cootie Williams on there does that great piece 'El Gato' that Ellington wrote for him and I just used to listen to that over and over - sort of saying now that's how I want to sound on the trumpet. 

So it's one of those albums you grow up with and it's part of who you are musically." 

James Morrison: Wigan Jazz Festival, July 2012 

Duke Ellington: 70th Birthday Concert (Free Trade Hall Manchester, England) 1969 

James Morrison