James Lloyd Morrison AM (born 11 November 1962) is a multi-instrumental Australian jazz musician. Widely known for his trumpet playing, he has also performed on soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, flugelhorn, bass trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, double bass, guitar and piano. He is a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels. 　　He composed and performed the opening fanfare at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. In 2009, he joined Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown as a presenter on Top Gear Australia. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 Morrison and a cappella group, The Idea of North, won Best Jazz Album, for their collaboration on Feels Like Spring. In 2012 Morrison was appointed as Artistic Director of the Queensland Music Festival for the 2013 and 2015 festivals. He was inducted into the Graeme Bell Hall of Fame 2013 at the Australian Jazz Bell Awards. In July 2013 he conducted the World's Largest Orchestra in Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, comprising 7,224 musicians. 　　In March 2015 Morrison opened the James Morrison Academy of Music in Mount Gambier, South Australia – a tertiary level, dedicated jazz school offering a degree in Jazz performance. The JM Academy is affiliated with the University of South Australia and offers an innovative approach to jazz education through integrated learning and a very hands on approach. 　　James Lloyd Morrison,was born on 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, a rural farming community where his father, George Morrison,was a Methodist minister. Morrison comes from a musical family: his mother plays alto sax, piano and organ, his sister is a trumpeter, and his older brother, John Morrison, is a jazz drummer.The family relocated to various sites in New South Wales, due to his father's ministry, before settling in Pittwater.From the age of seven Morrison practised on John's cornet. 　　Morrison attended Mona Vale Primary School and Pittwater High School, then he enrolled at Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he completed a jazz course.While at the conservatorium he met Don Burrows, who became his mentor.By February 1981 Morrison was a faculty member at his alma mater. 　　Morrison Brothers 　　Main article: John Morrison (drummer) 　　In 1983 Morrison and John formed a 13-piece group, Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band. By March 1984 their line-up included Morrison on trumpet, trombone and piano, John on drums, Warwick Alder on trumpet, Paul Andrews on alto saxophone, Tom Baker on alto and baritone saxophones, Peter Cross on trumpet, Glenn Henrich on vibraphone, Jason Morphett on tenor saxophone, and Craig Scott on bass.Michael Foster of The Canberra Times reviewed a performance at Llewellyn Hall, where the ensemble provided "a stomping, laughing, audience-whistling affair" and found "is uninhibited in its attitude but disciplined in its craft". 　　The group issued their debut album, A Night in Tunisia, in 1984, on ABC Records as part of the series: Don Burrows Collection.The title track is a jazz standard by Dizzy Gillespie;another track, "Burrows Bossa", was written by Morrison.Also that year he backed Burrows on Burrows at the Winery, providing trumpet, slide trumpet, trombone, and flugelhorn.The album had been recorded live at Rothbury Estate Winery.Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band used the same venue for their album, Live at the Winery, Foster noted that it "features some of Australia's best playing some great tunes, proves yet again the power, the presence, that can be generated by Australians playing jazz". 　　Morrison and John have also worked together on other projects and recordings. 　　Association with other musicians 　　Morrison has performed with Dizzy Gillespie (the first Australian to do so); Don Burrows, Ray Charles, and B. B. King. He has also worked with George Benson, Ray Brown, Cab Calloway, Jon Faddis, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, Graeme Lyall, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Nightingale, Red Rodney, Arturo Sandoval, Woody Shaw, Frank Sinatra, and Phil Stack. 　　In 1990, he recorded the album Snappy Doo with Ray Brown on double bass, Herb Ellis 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 Gina Jeffreys and The Idea of North 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 Black Dyke Band; 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 [de], son of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Morrison has a long association with composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin (composer of the theme from Mission: Impossible) and has recorded albums for Schifrin's "Jazz Meets the Symphony" series. These include recordings with the London and the Czech National symphony orchestras. 　　Morrison has also had a long association with composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin (composer of the theme from Mission: Impossible) and has recorded a number of CDs for Schifrin's "Jazz Meets the Symphony" series. These include recordings with the London and the Czech National symphony orchestras. 　　The discovery and development of young talented musicians is important to Morrison. He found his regular vocalist, Emma Pask, at a school concert, aged 16, and she has since gone on to become an internationally renowned jazz singer. Morrison sponsors yearly scholarships for young musicians, and is actively involved with several youth bands. His association with Generations in Jazz has spanned three decades and he is now Chairman of this organisation which runs one of the largest youth jazz events in the world.