That could so easily have been a flatly pointless party trick, but the impressive thing is that he plays both trumpet and piano REALLY WELL. Nice one Mr Morrison!
James is the consummate professional musician who’s versatility has delighted audiences around the world bring smiles to their faces and joy to their ears! He shares his gifts with humility and amazing precision! Great to hear you as always, James. 🙏😊🎶🎶
Methinks you are also telling porky pies. That trumpet is custom designed by James and manufactured/supplied by Schagerl Music GmbH in a sponsorship deal since he left Yamaha on the same basis as Thomas Gansch and the Ganschhorn.
@@simonbrennan7283 No porky pies, when I can plead ignorance in being a guitar/bass player but I can assure you at the age of around 16, he was gifted a trumpet of that Gillespie style by another band member. Maybe it was a Yamaha. Thanks for your expert knowledge. I still do not like the appearance of that trumpet as it looks like it has been bent in a accident. It also hides the facial expression of the player and removes the expressive effect of raising the trumpet. James continued mostly to use the conventional form back then. I have a photo of James holding that trumpet. Maybe you can analyse it ?
I've just found the photo. Yes, the trumpet gifted to James had a conventionally shaped tube with horn section bent upwards whereas in the above model the tube section is almost circular.
@@db5837 My apologies. RU-vid comments is so full of outlandish claims sometimes I can't but help call them out when I see them. I have seen James perform twice over the past 18 months and on both occasions he has crooned over his 'new toy' and informed the audience of his collaboration with Schagerl as he has an enormous following in Europe. As you'd well know he has performed with Dizzy and Maynard Ferguson amongst others and even though I wouldn't call him a narcissist he is definitely a showman and likes the spotlight. He would not be where he was today if he wasn't. Having said that the bent trumpet design is becoming more common these days, see the Ganschhorn I mentioned previously. It is more about acoustic delivery than showmanship. This was very noticeable at the Australian National Band Championships the weekend before last, particularly in the A grade performances. EVERY brass player had at least one if not multiple mutes laying at their feet, including tubas and some players would turn away from or towards the audience during pieces to diminish or enhance acoustics with out affecting intonation. This I believe is what the design sets out to achieve and as you point out and James also mentions, this model looks a bit like a cornet however has the tube length of a trumpet giving it a more circular style.
@@MississaugaTempleBand we were lucky that Mr Woods came to our local high school here in Oregon to give a clinic. The sax/piano demo was on ‘My Funny Valentine’. It was awesome!
Just wow, you are so gifted and talented. Hard work and love of what you do. .Words can’t express how good you are. Cheers. Lugero.🎶🎹🎺👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@MississaugaTempleBand To be honest => NO. James Morrisson is a SUPER JAZZ MUSICIAN .... but CIRCUS - SHOW - elements work negatively in my opinion. I can play myself the Cornet and the Piano at the same time ...that is nothing special! Better take the audience ...serious. Mr. James Morrisson does not "need" this kind of "childish trucs".
What???? Imagine yourself walking into a bar in a Noir movie.... close your eyes and hearing this man play to the crowd. He ain't missing norhin' baby!
