James Morrison - John Morrison - Emma Pask

Morrison Records, a family label in more ways than one. John is the the producer, James the writer and star attraction, and David Green in charge of marketing and distribution. But the aim is also to foster a family of musicians, developing and nurturing new talent who will appear on each other's discs - the same formula used so successfully by Norman Grantz with his Verve catalogue in the 1059's and more recently by Dave Grusin with GRP in the US.

It will be a label for the new millennium, not only emphasising its own style of jazz but also taking advantage of continuing developments in digital sound technology

James Morrison, Australia's best-known jazz musician for more than a decade, is relaxed and comfortable with the prospect as he sit in his brother's small mastering lab in Crows Nest, on Sydney's lower north shore.

"It's something we've been waiting to do," he says. "With your own label, you've got complete freedom with what you record, when you record it and with whom you record it.

"Jazz is for everybody. The bottom line is that we believe jazz is really good music and deserves to be presented in the right way."

Morrison Records
P O Box 632
Newport NSW 2106
Australia
Tel. +61 (0) 2 9979 8524
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James Morrison

www.jamesmorrison.com

James Morrison is, by anybody’s standard, a virtuoso in the true sense of the word.

Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays trombone, euphonium, flugel horn, tuba, saxophones, and piano.

At the age of seven, he was given his first instrument, at nine he formed his first band and at thirteen he was playing professionally in nightclubs. His international career developed equally as fast. Just turned 16 James Morrison debuted in the USA with a breathtaking concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

John Morrison's Swing City

www.swingcity.com.au/

This is the home of Australia's premier big band swing show. If you're looking for a swing band with more horns than a New York traffic jam, start licking your chops katz - this is where it's at!

 

Emma Pask

www.emmapask.com

“The greatest gift to Australian Jazz Vocals in the last decade” is how James Morrison, Australia’s most awarded jazzman, describes Emma Pask.

Her talent was spotted by James Morrison during one of his regular visits to high schools when she was just 16. She first sang with his band that night and has been touring with Morrison around Australia and overseas, ever since.

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