He was using multiphonics. Singing and playing at the same time. It's not terrible to do with two notes. Then he holds up 3 fingers because somehow he's getting three. Wow.....Just wow....
@@fardpig4269 id have thought it was done by humming two notes at once while playing the trombone note. with some practice its possible to sing two notes at the same time so i thought it could be that
Band: We're missing a lead trumpet, lead trombone, and a pianist. James Morrison: I'm your man. Band: But we're also missing a few more parts. James Morrison: I'm your man.
@@aklnoyz 5 Times the work later he also plays the piano and even later the trumpet and after that he plays both the trumpet and the trombone at the same time
Conductor: ...don't tell you also play drum? James: I can but not now. Conductor: ...so the whole band is actually you? James: You got it. Conductor: .... James: You can quit if you don't like being con- CONDUCTOR: NONONONOOOO, I LOVE MY JOOOB
I saw him at the Sydney Town Hall playing bee bop on a tuba and with one hand and jazz piano with the other simultaneously. He professionally also plays sax, cornet & trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, clarinet, euphonium and double bass, and when I say play, I mean at a world class level. He also has a great understanding of musical history, which he often shares during his performances. In fact, he can, if he wishes, place the title Professor before his name, because he had taught for many years as adjunct professor at an Australian university.
@@jackmiller8635 that is amazing. Enjoy. Are you doing a workshop first? If so I would suggest taking a not pad and taking lots of notes. there will definently be things that stick. Good luck
@@ldbonq They have similar mouthpieces, sure, but the trombone is a slide instruments and has different techniques for moving through the range. Same with French Horn, euphonium, etc.
I'm aware that James is essentially God of all brass instruments.. But how does he play a trombone solo... With one hand On a slide trombone Without using the slide? What is this sorcery?
He's got a trigger trombone which you can use instead of the slide for most notes high up in the register whilst staying in first position - you'll see he triggers it with his thumb
You can play an entire Bb scale in first position, you can also play “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” completely in first position. (At least the part everyone knows)
In the higher register the overtones are close enough to one another that by using the trigger you can play entire scales in 1st position.. really useful if you need to turn pages or something
He took the time to do a Zoom call last year with my 13 year old daughter when she was moving from trumpet to tenner horn. She just got into the National Youth Brass Band. I am so grateful for this guy and his encouragement. Legend
I had the most amazing opportunity and actually got to meet him 2 weeks ago when he came to South Africa for the National Jazz Festival. Not only is he an amazing musician but he is also one of the nicest men I have ever met and he is really funny. ALSO, I feel so cool. He used my trombone stand TWICE!!!!! And he used my friends trombone when he was giving a workshop as he did not bring his trombone to SA
I have played piano since 4, trumpet and percussion in grade school to high school, with degree in jazz piano from one of the finest music/jazz programs in the US...yet James Morrison is damn better than me on piano.
Well c’mon man, you’re comparing yourself to James Morrison. That’s like saying that Usain Bolt is faster than you so you shouldn’t call yourself a sprinter
@Johann Sebastian ? Piano, All the brass instruments, probably violin/guitar/sax/clarinet, maybe not all of those, but he can play enough to be eligible enough for this meme by my standards
I mean yeah fair, but also here's a taste of how well he plays the sax himself... th-cam.com/video/jvzOKDAOiBQ/w-d-xo.html Gonna guess you'd cheerfully go bald to be able to play sax the way James Morrison plays sax, even though trumpet and trombone are his main instruments.
In my experience, the number of sounds that can be created this way is two. And the collection of notes are octaves or 5ths, not 3 tones and not any tones.
You can get two notes with a double buzz, and then sing the third one. Sometimes when my chops are really blown I get the second buzzed note unintentionally, but I haven't figured out how to do it when my lips are fresh.
James Morrison is amazing...really amazing, i think that maybe he's the only musician in the world who can play such a great variety of instruments...and playing all of them soo well!! Said that, i don't feel any 'vibration' listening to him...especially in performances like the one in here, i really can't touch the soul, the feeling of music..the music is reduced to an "amazing freak show"!..extraordinary player though, nothin to say about it
Inouï!Multi instrumentiste!Du jamais vu!Quand la musique est portée à ce point de liberté,on pourrait croire a un peu de paix dans le monde!Il ne suffit pas d 'être doué,faut bosser aussi,y à pas de secret!Mais pour nous,quelle chance de participer à ce moment de gràce!
What a Great Surprise. Why the University felt they had to change their name is beyond me... If you recall... Marv Nelson was there. I had lessons with him early on as well with Tony Cavillia ( I hope I spelled his name right) He was the 1st trumpet 2nd chair of the San Francisco Opera Guild. Good memories when I was there....
2:46 I'm tired of playing 10 notes at a time: Take that you bloody key... ROFL Ps I've listened to this 200 times and it never ceases to make me smile, from the "oh shit I'm supposed to be playing the piano..." to the "I thank you..." wave of the trumpet off the piano break to the "you know what... f that" moment after the first trumpet high note (trombone "meh... but... I can do this... and all in first position..." :-) Love it all Enjoy
For those curious, I'm only 60% sure so take it with a grain of salt, but I believe he gets 3 notes from 1 - the trombone 2 - humming into the trombone 3 - polyphonic humming into the trombone (singing two notes at the same time by manipulating the space in your mouth) here is an example of polyphonic singing: th-cam.com/video/2i61_JNc_Nc/w-d-xo.html
For those of you guys who says he’s playing without moving the slide your correct but near the tuning slide of a trombone (The top)There is a trigger where if your in 1st position of a trombone and you pull the trigger It goes from B to C
You may not have noticed but that brass thing a ma jiggy with the bell on the end and the sliding brass tube is known to us old timers as a trombone. (often referred to by some of the guys in the band as a "Slush Pump".)
If you play trumpet, perhaps sometime when you were tired you were playing and accidentally played two notes at once, probably an octave apart. There's a way to control it with enough practice, so what he's doing is first singing while playing, then he adds the double buzz in the middle for the 3 notes.
He was using multiphonics. Singing and playing at the same time. It's not terrible to do with two notes. Then he holds up 3 fingers because somehow he's getting three. Wow.....Just wow....
eiutrumpeter very very hard to do, but it's by having the lips buzz independently giving two then his voice, the third.
@@fardpig4269 id have thought it was done by humming two notes at once while playing the trombone note. with some practice its possible to sing two notes at the same time so i thought it could be that
Hazy
I’m not a trombone expert, but does that mean it might be possible to play 4 notes?
@@want-diversecontent3887 i dont play trombone but maybe?
Hazy i thought it was just a deal he made with the devil
Band: We're missing a lead trumpet, lead trombone, and a pianist.
James Morrison: I'm your man.
Band: But we're also missing a few more parts.
James Morrison: I'm your man.
Two trombones you mean.
3*
Hah lol yeah
Sounds like that could be a great original song
How many instruments can you master?
James: Yes.
I can master *yes* amount of instruments
YES:
Y- yellow
E - eaten
S - shit
@@airfrancerobloxchannel7374 that reply is gold 😂
WeLL aCkHtCHuaLLy hE's OnLy pLaYiNg bRASs aNd PiAnO
Group work projects be like:
lol ikr
There’s always that guy who does twice the work of the rest of the group combined.
@@TheMinecraftACMan then he does 3 times for a little bit then goes back to 2 times
@@aklnoyz 5 Times the work later he also plays the piano and even later the trumpet and after that he plays both the trumpet and the trombone at the same time
I am that drummer in the group project lol
Conductor: Trombone 1?
James: Here.
Conductor: Trombone 2?
James: Here.
Conductor: ....Trombone...3?
James: *Here.*
Conductor: okay?....Trombone 4
James : h e r e
Conducted:"...Pianist?"
James:" *H E R E* "
Conductor: ...don't tell you also play drum?
James: I can but not now.
Conductor: ...so the whole band is actually you?
James: You got it.
Conductor: ....
James: You can quit if you don't like being con-
CONDUCTOR: NONONONOOOO, I LOVE MY JOOOB
*H E R E*
There's literally a video out there where there's a "live" recording of a full band playing a piece, but it's basically all him.
People call 10 year olds who can play flight of the bumblebee musical geniuses. THIS guy, James Morrison truly is a musical genius. Amazing
I saw him at the Sydney Town Hall playing bee bop on a tuba and with one hand and jazz piano with the other simultaneously. He professionally also plays sax, cornet & trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, clarinet, euphonium and double bass, and when I say play, I mean at a world class level. He also has a great understanding of musical history, which he often shares during his performances. In fact, he can, if he wishes, place the title Professor before his name, because he had taught for many years as adjunct professor at an Australian university.
IntResTing
Wow, guess my classmate who was able to play bumblebee when he was seven is a musical genius.
@@ireadysucks3026 knowing a hard piece isnt hard, knowing many or being able to sight read hard pieces are i sign of talent(which i wish i had)
amAAHZING
-Two nerds with glasses
- Band leader: Our lead trumpet and trombone are home sick!
- James Morrison: Hold my piano
3:23
His range on the trombone is astounding, the notes aren't even splitting.
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At the end of this term, my school's Jazz Band gets to play with him and his band. I'm so excited
How did it go?! I'd love to get to work with James
@@ThomasCBond it was amazing. He taught us some really good things. If you ever get chance to play with him, would definitely recommend. He is amazing
@@jackmiller8635 that is amazing. Enjoy. Are you doing a workshop first? If so I would suggest taking a not pad and taking lots of notes. there will definently be things that stick. Good luck
lucky
@@jackmiller8635 GIJ is amazing
i like how he just played three notes at once and then switched to piano to play ten
this whole song is basicaly James Morrison Flexing is musical might
That is the point yes
Anyone who can play one instrument that well is an excellent musician. That someone can play many instruments at that level is mind-blowing!
I play guitar and can fake everything I don't have to blow into
@@diceandcards8272 a real disciple of the samuraiguitarist, I see
All brass instruments are esentially the same, meaning that if you can play one well you can play all of them fine.
@@ldbonq They have similar mouthpieces, sure, but the trombone is a slide instruments and has different techniques for moving through the range. Same with French Horn, euphonium, etc.
@@ldbonq The piano is slightly different though.
Procrastinators normally: 0:01
Procrastinators the night a project is due: 4:38
I lost it when he picked up a trumpet then set it down on the piano and started playing the piano
That's how a trumpet should be played: not at all
@@rcb5432 lol
@@GG-yg2ze harsh but true
@@rcb5432what’s wrong with trumpets?
I'm aware that James is essentially God of all brass instruments..
But how does he play a trombone solo...
With one hand
On a slide trombone
Without using the slide?
What is this sorcery?
The F trigger adds a great deal of flexibility to the amount of notes available in one position
I said WTF so many times
He's got a trigger trombone which you can use instead of the slide for most notes high up in the register whilst staying in first position - you'll see he triggers it with his thumb
You can play an entire Bb scale in first position, you can also play “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” completely in first position. (At least the part everyone knows)
In the higher register the overtones are close enough to one another that by using the trigger you can play entire scales in 1st position.. really useful if you need to turn pages or something
I just love the Music Nerds explaining like an anime on how he did that. I love you guys
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He took the time to do a Zoom call last year with my 13 year old daughter when she was moving from trumpet to tenner horn. She just got into the National Youth Brass Band. I am so grateful for this guy and his encouragement. Legend
I had the most amazing opportunity and actually got to meet him 2 weeks ago when he came to South Africa for the National Jazz Festival. Not only is he an amazing musician but he is also one of the nicest men I have ever met and he is really funny.
ALSO, I feel so cool. He used my trombone stand TWICE!!!!! And he used my friends trombone when he was giving a workshop as he did not bring his trombone to SA
I get to meet him next year for a jazz festival in Las Cruces. Needless to say. I'm exited.
@@DarthKross how was it?
Dude I was there! He blew me away at the night show with the all-star big band, it was incredible! Best live music experience ever!
Nobody cares what you have to say when your kind is genociding white folks in SA
This guy also conducted the world's largest orchestra of over 7000 people. Man's a living genius
title: trumpet
Me: but he's playing the trombone
me after 4:35 : okay he did not have to flex that hard
This dude is a trombonist and plays piano better than me. I shouldn't call myself a pianist yet
hes not a trombonist lol, his main instrument is trumpet...
I personally like to call myself a tromboner
I have played piano since 4, trumpet and percussion in grade school to high school, with degree in jazz piano from one of the finest music/jazz programs in the US...yet James Morrison is damn better than me on piano.
Well c’mon man, you’re comparing yourself to James Morrison. That’s like saying that Usain Bolt is faster than you so you shouldn’t call yourself a sprinter
You can call yourself a pianist. You just can't call yourself James Morrison. :)
Which is fine; last I checked, most people aren't James Morrison.
Conductor: How many instruments can you play?
James Morrison: Yes
@Johann Sebastian ? Piano, All the brass instruments, probably violin/guitar/sax/clarinet, maybe not all of those, but he can play enough to be eligible enough for this meme by my standards
Well it looked like *he* was also conducting the rest of the band, kinda ironic
I am blown away by all of the trombone playing in only first position!
Christopher Emerson the trigger helps with that a great deal. Takes a LOT of practice to get it that clean though.
First and 6th
F C B G F A sharp D
Everyone's so excited by the multiphonics nobody noticed he's being accompanied by Michael Gove on drums
So no one is gonna talk about how clean that was 1:03
Hans Ehrlinger has some competition.
Guy sold his soul to the spirit of jazz
there's been an advanced alien invasion from the planet of musica
We heard their songs, but we didn’t see the signs
Ah, so they speak Spanish.
So thats where paganini came from
@@-AAA-147 either spanish or portuguese
@@fabiosonhandogrande1697 portuguese and im brazillian
Dang this man really be out here flexing on us by having multiple solos on one song on different instruments
1:42 "Oh you're filming me? On god?"
just like that?
For anyone wondering: the song is called 'things ain't what they used to be'
Look, all I'm saying is, if I can master the saxophone like how this guy mastered the trombone, I'd be willing to go bald like him.
I mean yeah fair, but also here's a taste of how well he plays the sax himself...
th-cam.com/video/jvzOKDAOiBQ/w-d-xo.html
Gonna guess you'd cheerfully go bald to be able to play sax the way James Morrison plays sax, even though trumpet and trombone are his main instruments.
0:47 - How?!? I'm aware of harmonics, but this?
He's doing a technique called multiphonics where you play one note while singing/humming another higher note.
In my experience, the number of sounds that can be created this way is two. And the collection of notes are octaves or 5ths, not 3 tones and not any tones.
You can get two notes with a double buzz, and then sing the third one. Sometimes when my chops are really blown I get the second buzzed note unintentionally, but I haven't figured out how to do it when my lips are fresh.
justcarcrazy depending on the played notes and vowel, it's possible to get different overtones to sound. you can also sing more than 1 note
he's double buzzing two of them, and singing the other.
No man should have this much power
1:49 whats dunkey doin over there
That's the random white dude that sometimes appears in his videos
Its not dunkey, its leela's husband
thats exactly what i thought when i saw him lmaooo
Jazz and Spaghetti BAYBEEEE
playing the trumpet, obviously
What an amazing talent James is! Really impressive. John F. Phillips.
James Morrison is amazing...really amazing, i think that maybe he's the only musician in the world who can play such a great variety of instruments...and playing all of them soo well!!
Said that, i don't feel any 'vibration' listening to him...especially in performances like the one in here, i really can't touch the soul, the feeling of music..the music is reduced to an "amazing freak show"!..extraordinary player though, nothin to say about it
I completely agree! I know he's a great player but there was something about his music I didn't like, and this perfectly sums it up.
A bit late answer:
This video is more about technics than music, but go to any other piece by him, he's an incredible musician
God i can only hum and play fifths and firsts. This guy is nuts! Didn't know that you could hum and play with such intriguing range!
This dude could shred one of those medieval fanfare trumpets they used to announce people's arrivals.
I strive to be this man right here. James Morrison is a king 👑
Trumpet, Trombone, Piano.....and amazing at all 3, WHAT CANT HE DO!
0:50 my sleep paralysis demon
an honour to meet him. what a legend
I love his excited face expression at 0:49
Прекрастно - человек оркестр . Слушаю постоянно и нет усталости . Превосходно .
Is nobody gonna comment how amazing this was performed?
That’s literally every comment.
Damn shawty over here tryna fish for some free clout
me acorde cuando iba a una banda, que rico el sentimiento, mis maestros me hablaban de tocar 2 notas a la, este maestro de la musica hizo 3
amazing...this is the best of I ever saw...
I do not know how to praise this genius. Take Salute from me !
Классное выступление! Джеймсу респект! Спасибо!
Inouï!Multi instrumentiste!Du jamais vu!Quand la musique est portée à ce point de liberté,on pourrait croire a un peu de paix dans le monde!Il ne suffit pas d 'être doué,faut bosser aussi,y à pas de secret!Mais pour nous,quelle chance de participer à ce moment de gràce!
very good brass ensemble=)
and Morrison is so amazing, like every time....
Whow! Stunning guy!!! He really takes everything out of every instrument!!
This was by far and away the most engaging and enjoyable 6:53 of my life. Genuinely thought this was 15+ minutes the first time I listened to it.
Simply the best!!! with Arturo Sandoval, Morrison is together the most versatile, complete, talented, musician! Wow.
.....браво маэстро ! Высший класс
The ending was great, playing superfast riffs on the trumpet, then switching to a single multiphonic note on trombone.
What a Great Surprise. Why the University felt they had to change their name is beyond me... If you recall... Marv Nelson was there. I had lessons with him early on as well with Tony Cavillia ( I hope I spelled his name right) He was the 1st trumpet 2nd chair of the San Francisco Opera Guild. Good memories when I was there....
Easily one of the craziest musical performances ever done
If you think this was good, watch him play this with Ray Brown!
@mgmcinnis The name of the piece is called "Thing aint what they used to be" by Duke Ellington
esse carra e demais e muito talento pra uma pessoa só James morrison e o carra
Virei fã desse fenômeno internacional desde Sidney 2000. Congratulações, Maestro Moisés Santos - Aracaju - Sergipe - Brasil.
I cant believe ma eyes and ears. This is amazing :)
This guy is BADASS!
Bloody hell fire this guy is beyond good. I bet he has a perfect ear
Isso é incrível!!!!!!!!!
Sou fã desse cara.
como queria tocar assim bicho fico emoçionado quando vejo esse cara tocar trombone
This man is a goddamn legend
2:46
I'm tired of playing 10 notes at a time:
Take that you bloody key...
ROFL
Ps
I've listened to this 200 times and it never ceases to make me smile, from the "oh shit I'm supposed to be playing the piano..." to the "I thank you..." wave of the trumpet off the piano break to the "you know what... f that" moment after the first trumpet high note (trombone "meh... but... I can do this... and all in first position..." :-)
Love it all
Enjoy
Genio apenas genio!!
This man is an absolute legend!
questo è un artista completo ... bravisiimo !!
5:49 Bro nobody talk about that part 1.he became a trumpet god 2.he change reality with the trombone 3.he does all that at the same time.
For those curious, I'm only 60% sure so take it with a grain of salt, but I believe he gets 3 notes from
1 - the trombone
2 - humming into the trombone
3 - polyphonic humming into the trombone (singing two notes at the same time by manipulating the space in your mouth)
here is an example of polyphonic singing: th-cam.com/video/2i61_JNc_Nc/w-d-xo.html
People: You can only play 1 note on a trombone.
James: Im about to play 3 note and make history
El mejor del musico del mundo para mi!!!
Twosetviolin this is true ling ling level
Ethan Geye as a ling ling myself, I approve this comment
Ling-Ling
I fucking love that "true ling ling level" lmao
I'm pretty sure Ling Ling can play more than that.
The face when he was playing 3 notes at once 😂😂😂
For those of you guys who says he’s playing without moving the slide your correct but near the tuning slide of a trombone (The top)There is a trigger where if your in 1st position of a trombone and you pull the trigger It goes from B to C
You may not have noticed but that brass thing a ma jiggy with the bell on the end and the sliding brass tube is known to us old timers as a trombone. (often referred to by some of the guys in the band as a "Slush Pump".)
Monstro....um absurdo esse cara !!!
Gifted beyond compare.
that is now my new favorite sound!
Are they playing Ain't What It Used To Be?
Yes
Astounding.
him playing at the beginning has a scary vibe to it i can’t put my finger on it
Cuz he played THREE NOTES on a TROMBONE
Fenomeno!!!!!!....Genial.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMMENSO ! Non lo conoscevo -
this is amazing
Morrison is other-worldly!
Can we appreciate how the drummer listens? 2:43
Plays a call and response with himself
Is it possible to learn this power
What song is this its bothering me so much?
Things ain’t what they used to be- Duke Ellington
Had to go through the comments to find it 😅
@@JVan-ic6ic tysm
I can whistle and sing at the same time, I can play trumpet and sing at the same time.
Maybe he is singing, whistling and playing at the same time.
If you play trumpet, perhaps sometime when you were tired you were playing and accidentally played two notes at once, probably an octave apart. There's a way to control it with enough practice, so what he's doing is first singing while playing, then he adds the double buzz in the middle for the 3 notes.
Extraordinaire!
Невероятно!!!😱❤️
I cannot not leave this a like, holy shit
I like the song. It sounds good.
I love the song ........wow cool
I like the moment on the très sonds❤