JAMES MORRISON QUARTET at The Ellington Jazz Club

Schedule

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

191 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6000 | Perth, WA

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FIFTH AND FINAL SHOW ADDED!
The Ellington Jazz Club is thrilled to welcome the return of the world’s greatest multi-instrumentalist, James Morrison AM, for an exclusive Perth residency over two very special nights. Displaying dazzling technique and showmanship and supported by his hard swinging trio, this is a rare opportunity to witness a titan of jazz, up close and personal in the intimate setting of The Ellington Jazz Club.
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James Morrison AM
Renowned globally as one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation, James Morrison plays trumpet, trombone, piano, saxophone and double bass. At the age of six he started on piano, at seven he took up brass, at nine he formed his first band and at thirteen he was playing professionally in nightclubs. His international career developed just as quickly, making his USA debut at the Monterey Jazz Festival at age sixteen. Following this were the world’s major jazz festivals, including Montreux, North Sea, Nice and the Hollywood Bowl, playing with many of the legends of jazz – Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ray Brown and Wynton Marsalis to name a few.
James also frequents the world’s most famous jazz clubs – Birdland, The Blue Note and Village Vanguard in New York, the New Morning in Paris, the Tokyo Blue Note and Ronnie Scott’s in London.
James has been appointed a member of The Order of Australia, has won countless awards and has been inducted into the Australian Jazz Hall of Fame. He has received several honorary Doctorates and was an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia, leading his own music Academy.
He has recorded with The London Symphony Orchestra, INXS and the European Brass Ensemble, performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms, written the opening fanfare for the Olympic Games, played for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and for US Presidents Bush and Clinton. He has played classical trumpet at the Kremlin, broken a Guinness record conducting the World’s Largest Orchestra, was TV presenter on Top Gear Australia and in 2016 was a guest of President Obama at the White House.
James Morrison Quartet
No matter how familiar you may be with James Morrison, you haven’t heard him play until you’ve heard him with this group. It is a testament to their energy and sheer brilliance that James says his favourite way to play is with his quartet – this coming from a man who has played with many of the greats of jazz, including Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis and many more.
What makes the quartet so special is the joy they create when they perform. James says, “This is what can happen when you have four musicians who all have a will to swing and are of one mind when it comes to the reason they play”.
“Tim Firth is one of the most exciting drummers on the scene today – inventive, virtuosic, and always so musical. Harry Morrison is a powerhouse on the bass, reminiscent of the Ray Brown approach, swing at all costs – his energy underpins everything the band does. William Morrison not only plays beautiful classic jazz guitar, but also writes much of the original material performed by the group and this compositional aspect is always present in his playing”.
With his three colleagues covering guitar, bass and drums, James plays anything from trombone, flugel horn and saxophones to piano, and of course the trumpet.
Prepare to be blown away by the James Morrison Quartet at The Ellington Jazz Club!
Each performance runs for 75 minutes without an interval.
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