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P.S. great singer in the video. I really enjoy the swing band as well...Great stuff!


The singer is Liam Burrows. He's 16 or 17 and only stands about 5'4". Nothing wrong with being short, it's just that when you meet him you think "upstart kid" and then he opens his mouth and this 60' tall voice comes out. He still blows me away every time I perform with him.

The band is John Morrison's "Swing City big Band". Well known here in Oz, especialy in Sydney. John is trumpeter James Morrison's big brother.

They both spend a lot of time encouraging and developing young talent in jazz genres. I recently attended a live concert with Swing City and a bunch of school bands (years 3 to 12) that was great fun. It was a benefit night for, IIRC, the "Royal Flying Doctor Service". John's brother James made a guest appearance for the night - man it was good!

http://www.swingcity.com.au/
http://www.jamesmorrison.com.au/James_Morrison/Welcome.html

BTW, I agree, singers are musicians. This thread resulted after some light hearted banter between bobcflatpicker and myself. Hey Bob, *owyagoinmateorrite?

* that's Aussie for "How are you going mate, all right?"

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