The arrival of tenor saxophonist Dick Morrissey onto the British jazz scene in the early 1960s was nothing less than a revelation. Although only twenty-one - and having played his instrument for barely a few months - Morrissey already had it all; tone, taste, invention and above all swing, as his debut album, 'It's Morrissey, Man!', recorded in 1961, displayed in winning fashion.
The arrival of tenor saxophonist Dick Morrissey onto the British jazz scene in the early 1960s was nothing less than a revelation. Although only twenty-one - and having played his instrument for barely a few months - Morrissey already had it all; tone, taste, invention and above all swing, as his debut album, 'It's Morrissey, Man!', recorded in 1961, displayed in winning fashion.