james morrison - groove merchant

[kevinherbert]

James Mueller guitar

[kevinherbert]

Dave Jones drums...Neil Stack bass...

[saxylarry26]

Please give the names of the other musicians in the band.

[TheMushroomsAreHere]

2:03 HOLY SHIT!!!!!

[mnmjhome]

sick sax solo'

[LosChicosSexos]

that was a high ass note! - a drummer

[meepsquad101]

James Morrison does not cease to amaze, ever.

[kevinherbert]

Gr8 bass solo......your a legend...in both our minds.....

[kevinherbert]

What a band.......hellllooooooooooooo­ooo......

[09nlis]

reminds me of Maynard Ferguson lol

[dontdodat00O]

the only thing i felt was the bass and drums were too busy. I understand their making music having fun interacting, but in jazz it tends to need to be a lot more relaxed than this. This feels like more of an Allman brothers band jam session than a jazz quintet tbh. the horns were fabulous, no doubt though.

[homer5678]

That saxophone is obscene.

[Abarero]

SICK TRUMPETER!!!!

[strad37]

Does anyone know where I can find an arrangement of this?

[ClnDwny]

@strad37 in a reel book.

[IamSimonMan]

@ClnDwny Not really sure what the conversation was like, but I think a reel book is actually a fishing manual

[Saxysax05]

@strad37 Transcribe it.

[strad37]

Does anyone know where I can get this arrangement?

[dontdodat00O]

@strad37 Real book vol 2 i believe

[Arborwaychet]

Yeah the upper register is his thing .... and who can play better up there? Amazing chops and control ... he has said he loves to hear it sizzle and it's what he does best. Crowds love that too ... and if you are going to make money and be commercial (and I don't mean that in a pejorative sense) then you got to give people what they want.

[kevinherbert]

Stack on crack.....

[kevinherbert]

I hadn't heard the bass solo..hellloooooooo....

[spanishman06]

best trumpeter in the world

[nevada2000]

wow. I would call this bass player for EVERY gig if he was in my town...

[dontdodat00O]

i wish he would have spent less time on the scream range. its cool, but too much. he spent two and a half heads like that, and i lost musicality of the solo. no offense to him, thats just an opinion

[death59138]

JAMES MORRISON IS GOD!!!

[ih8margarine]

Incorrect. James morrison is what god aspires to be!

[mwljazzguitar]

AHHH! My ears started bleeding a little bit at 0:27. Even the best players sometimes go a little out of tune.

[FockerTheLopper]

man i didnt notice it until you said it! he cracked the note before so he probably didnt have enoug air off the bat... still a great version of the tune! one of my favorites!

[davehd98]

this guy is incredible!

[wavolax]

swingin

[nadman009]

oooohhhh shit this is amazing

[jonbashjonbash]

*sigh* I miss jazz band...

[nadal37]

I was worried when i saw the name that this was camp pop singer james morrison but was relieved to see a proper jazz band playing my favourite solo piece whilst do a beautiful job. Put a bloody big smile on my face.

[TomGrosset]

"something like that anyway"

[derhalster]

If there is a better sextet at groovin' than this anywhere in the world, I want to hear them NOW!

[jtrimmel]

Nice Dubba C at 2:08! Kinda sounds like Dan Cummins at Indiana State University. Dan's a monster 'young lion' in the MF legacy! Watch for his breakout soon!

[Paulmasonmusic101]

umm mwljazzguitar?, how doesnt mr muller fit in!!!!, this is a prime example of his amazing groove and feel. He is arguably perhaps the most talented jazz guitarist Aus has ever produced and his solo and comping on this vid proves why.

[sampsybrah]

well said, this is a correct view on muller, by australias own best student guitar player.

[coolstruttin1]

0:00-8:43 was awesome

[jherco]

hahahah classic!

[SykoAzn26]

ditto that man!

[coolstruttin1]

... especially 8:33 though :)

[Hulavuta]

lol, Hey guys I am playing this song in Jazz band I play tenor sax but I get this main part and soli part

[canadianpuppet]

any chance you live in saskatoon?

[Hulavuta]

Orlando

[Ilikekittycats123]

@coolstruttin1

the last minute and a half was mindblowing.

[twiblets]

5.27 was awesome

[cavefish55]

The guitarist is alright? Alright?! It's james freaking muller isn't it? Only the best guitarist on this planet haha

[fdafertqawer]

james morrison is freaking awsome! thx for putting this video up. yeah absolutly sweet video :P

[mwljazzguitar]

The horns are tight as hell. The guitarist is alright... he doesn't seem to fit in though. Great drummer and bass player as well.

[username200909]

dig the playing an upright bass

[Owninator666]

really tight rhythm section. really good

[c0mpufreak]

This piece is just awesome. And all the guys playing definitely know what they are doing!

Outstanding!

[Orangelazaruspete]

Brilliant !! Maybe three or four guys living are this good, if that.

[bradley1107]

definitely pretty outstanding playing, but I dont know about all that!

[voxguru]

Go Blaine!!! AWESOME ALTO PLAYER!!!!!!

[KochTrucks]

the drummer is excellent! and this guitarist is completely insane!! i like him even more than Zog, a previous guitarist of morrisons. this new guy has taste!! where can i get myself a copy of this concert???

[skiierman07]

OK, in this video, James does get a little carried away, and loses a little of the clarity and smoothness that he carries into the "Faddisphere." Check out some of his other videos, because he does it all. Have you heard him play bone??? Or piano/organ??? Or woodwinds??? The guy's a monster, and I can't get enough of it. His high register playing is more tasteful than anyone I have ever heard. So don't think of him as a niche-player like the high note guys...He's quite the musician!

[amcsdmi]

All his high stuff was very tasteful. I like Arturo's high stuff much more than Maynard's.

Anyways, who keeps screwing up the time? The bass player or drummer?

[twiblets]

no one is screwing up the time the time is laser precise

[mrmeyer00]

If you want to hear tasteless high stuff listen to Arturo Sandoval or Patrick Hession......James Morrison incorporates it very well into his solos, and notice that when he does it he is usually putting it into some sort of bebop eighth note line, not just staying on one note.

[kayec87]

James Muller on guitar?

[jkillu]

well, i think that one can hate a trumpet going high, but for a 16 bar blues like this, he starts very smooth, and then goes up to high range with more difficulty in his solo, and then finishes it back in to the chill sound by using a lick from the song to finish it. I will say that near the end of the piece, he's just showing off. but that's what trumpets do. (im and alto sax guy)

[amport]

get the fuck out of your high range, you jackass.

[djt434s]

you're an absolute moron

[amport]

okay... james morrison is really good, okay? the first part of his solo was really tasteful, but then he playing is rest up in his high range, which is not easy to do, but who cares? it's not musical. trumpet players like that just annoy me.

[djt434s]

just because it's really hard to do doesn't mean it's not musical. that's like saying a sax player going altissimo isn't being musical. the only people who have a problem with trumpet players going into high range is people who are bitter because they can't do it.

[amport]

no dude... that's not what i'm saying at all. i don't have a problem with him going into his high range. i have a problem with him staying there. and saxophone players that ONLY play altissimo are unmusical, and trumpet players that only play really high are unmusical. there's other things to be done in music. it's just tasteless.

[Trumpettay]

no...high range is something few can play well and I commend him on it because his tone is absolutely astonishing up there and that is something every trumpet player strives for...and those who say they have never once strived for that aren't trumpet players. If trumpet players like that annoy you...pick a different style of music to listen to.

[amport]

dude... come on. yes. his tone is amazing up there. he can move around with amazing skill up there. and most trumpet players do strive for the faddisphere. james morrison is a great player. but there's more to music than just skill. go up high and scream. go for it. but don't play 80% of your solo that high. there's no need to. he's missing that dimension to his music. i wish someone could see that.

[scottcb]

i agree completely. when he grooves, he is such a good player, but too often hes doing the fast, high, show-off playing that is good the first time, but gets repepitive.

[ts010]

Right on. It seems the whole purpose of Morrisons solos is get to the upper register. How 'bout aesthetics as a purpose?

[trisk77]

Hey are any of you guys musicians, listen to the song, it's a real show-starter, a hard bopper..All the solos on this track go into the sratosphere not just Mr. Morrisons....

[trisk77]

And bye the way I think I was at this concert, been to that many of James's (The Basement-in Sydney) gigs I can't remember, but I am pretty sure...love the part where they are trading fours and the bass cuts in solo...

[Membrillo6]

but you can go see anyone do that with practise. If I'm paying to see a show, I want to see someone with unnatural talent that hasn't just worked hard to achieve something with is achievable by anyone with ears.

musicality is just a skill, being james morrison is like woah.

[SoDingMop]

As any musician will tell you, you can't get anywhere with talent alone. Yes, James Morrison definatly has, as they say, 'it', and I am insanely jelous of his skills, but I wouldn't be ignorant enough to say he acheived anything on talent alone. As they say, 5% inspiration, 95% perspiration.

[saxattack1]

I love this song!! I saw it live and it was awesome!!

[IAMED2]

Really, though, it actually doesn't. Seriously. I know this sounds strange, but it doesn't. Like, you'll do it, and it'll probably close your window. Cause, yknow, that's what happens when you press Alt+F4. It's a computer, it doesn't read your mind! So yeah, to the next person who sees this, take a stand for all us non-spammers out there and DON'T copy it. You'll be doing the world a favour, and you'll show you're not as gullible as many people apparently are.

[music8hour]

so amazing that I cannot stop watching it!

[alimox]

was this at the basement in sydney? I saw him there last Friday. Soooo good. The talent just jumps out and whacks you in the face

[Jerram89]

yeah, he's a great musician and a great bloke - I had the chance of singing in a Barbershop Quartet to support one of his functions...It was awesome.

[MCKiran]

usually his brother plays drums, though

[alimox]

David Jones is one of the greatest Jazz drummers in the world. The best that i have seen. James also often plays with vocalist emma pask. Great jazz performer

[madhorn]

For those of you who asked the musicians are: Trumpet - James Morrison, Alto - Blaine Whittaker, Drums - David Jones, Guitar - James Muller, Phil Stack - Bass. I'm not sure whether James has recorded this track as I don't have every album of his but it is a great track and great solos from all concerned.

[Jimmyhendrixrules]

Hey a few things.

Mainly, who is the drummer and guitarist, secondly i was in Big band 1 when he played at Marist College Ashgrove.

Also wildmagicexpert how can you get a copy of the song?

[dbhtc]

Yeah, the real thing :) I've played with him once before. Amazing skill.

[ccbarnet]

Ahhhhhh the REAL James Morrison,not that poncy fool from England!

[wildmagicexpert]

I'm playing this song in band right now!! James Morrison is awesome!

[phoenixflamez]

James Morrison is an Australian Trumpeter. So you'll have to come to Australia and see him perform :P he is amazing had the chance to play with him once hehe

[FockerTheLopper]

WOW!!! Can you please tell me the names of these musicains and where I can see them perform. That was GREAT!