Jim Morey

After the news came that my dear friend and fellow musician, Bruce Arkin died, I felt as though somehow, I wasn’t living up to my potential. Life has seemed so infinite for so long. I had no real concept of what could happen and will happen to us all. Where was the clock now? Where am I? What the fuck am I doing with this life of mine? What part of me gobbles up  the biggest slice of the pie? Why?  no concept of time, particularly its end suddenly forced to embrace the reality of THE end through a close friend If time does bend, please let it bend for him No one knows. Anyone who pretends to know what happens after death is a liar and is probably going to ask you for a donation of some kind. Run. But what is it that I live for? Let me repeat that. WHAT IS IT THAT I LIVE FOR? WHY? What makes me tick? What am I here for? How can I be me beautifully?

 It is one of the only original American art forms that is built on and executed with soulful creativity and improvisation at the foundation. There is a form or a general direction for each song, but each player has freedom within that structure to play with. Improvisation is the wind that breaths life into the songs of Jazz. There is something especially magical about being on stage with my band playing our jazz songs and really listening to the sounds that are being made by each other. We play while listening in the same instant, swirling together like a choreographed dance of the soul. Well, it might not be that pretty most of the time, in fact sometimes its more like watching a dust storm at the mercy of the wind, but the idea is the same. I lose myself in the moment. I crave the times when I, as a human playing an instrument, melt into the vehicle of the song and become an anonymous part of the whole. It's quite cathartic and energizing. The essence of my being overrides m

Here we are again just floating through space all day... Enjoy the ride.

Trumpet Cam test http://ping.fm/H1xBS

Dead Man's Bones - "Pa Pa Power" video http://ping.fm/vku9u

NEW Jim Morey Band September Show Dates - http://ping.fm/FPNur

Check out my buddy Chris Peck's new music video - Peck the Town Crier - UNDERWEAR http://ping.fm/XqxEK

Blues for Bruce http://ping.fm/VvNwD

I'm about to teach a jazz improvisation lesson.