James Morrison (Jazz)

James Morrison (Jazz)

State Theatre, 49 Market Street, 2000 Sydney Kort

sun. 15.11.2026 16:00

James Morrison and Mahalia Barnes at State Theatre at 2026-11-15T16:00:00+1100

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  • James Morrison
    James Morrison

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  • Mahalia Barnes
    Mahalia Barnes

    Mahalia Barnes has been in and around music her entire life. Throughout her childhood years she was exposed to everything from Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett to Ike + Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, all of which helped shape her into the powerhouse soul and blues vocalist that has jaws dropping every time she picks up a mic. Mahalia and her band, The Soul Mates, have released three albums and consistently play to capacity crowds around the country.

  • James Morrison (Jazz)
    James Morrison (Jazz)
    James Morrison is, by anybody’s standard, a virtuoso in the true sense of the word.

    Besides the trumpet, this multi-instrumentalist also plays 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 with a debut in the USA at the
    Monterey Jazz Festival at age sixteen.

    Following this were performances at 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 is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia, leading his own music Academy.

    Now 58, James Morrison’s career has included much more than just jazz…

    He has recorded with The London Symphony Orchestra, rock legends 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.

    He’s a pilot, rally driver, sailor, author and even an inventor…