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Brian Morton (born 1954) is a Scottish writer, journalist and broadcaster, mainly specialising in jazz and modern literature. Born in Paisley, near Glasgow and raised in Dunoon, Morton was educated at Edinburgh University and taught in the late 1970s at the University of East Anglia (under Malcolm Bradbury) and the University of Tromsų in Norway.

A former Literary Editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement and contributor to The Times, he went freelance about 1992, returning to a Scottish base at around the same time.

From 1992 to 1997 Morton was the main presenter of Impressions for Radio 3, a fortnightly Jazz and improvised music programme. For more than a decade Morton was a familiar voice on music programmes and features on other arts related subjects on the London based BBC networks. For some years he was the presenter and producer of The Usual Suspects, subsequently The Brian Morton Show on BBC Radio Scotland, until 2003 when he resigned after criticising the BBC's art coverage. He currently writes and farms on the West of Scotland, with his wife, landscape photographer Sarah MacDonald. They have one son. Morton also has two older daughters.

He is co-author (with the late Richard Cook) of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (formerly ...on CD), whose ninth edition (undertaken single-handed following Cook's premature death in 2007) was published at the end of October 2008. He is also the author of The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Contemporary Music (1996), which covers modern classical music. Morton was a frequent contributor to Jazz Review magazine, he was briefly editor in 2008; the magazine was absorbed by Jazz Journal in 2009, for which Morton has written.

Morton's non-jazz books include translations from the Norwegian of Jonas Lie, Miles Davis (Haus Publishing), Prince: Thief in the Temple (Canongate Books) and Shostakovich (Haus). A short biography of the writer Edgar Allan Poe appeared in November 2009.

Brian Morton has been a 'Comment' columnist in the Scottish edition of the Observer newspaper and, like his American namesake, is an occasional contributor to The Nation magazine. Morton holds an honorary D.Litt. from the University of St Andrews, awarded on St Andrews Day, 2000, for services to Scottish broadcasting and cultural life.
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Total Books: 54
Begegnung am Abend Roman
Begegnung Am Abend Roman (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783442443871
ISBN-10: 3442443873
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The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Contemporary Music
The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Contemporary Music [Blackwell Guides] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780631188810
ISBN-10: 0631188819
Genre: Reference
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Breakable You
Breakable You (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780151011926
ISBN-10: 0151011923
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 4

Breakable You
Breakable You (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780156033176
ISBN-10: 0156033178
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 8

Contemporary Composers
Contemporary Composers (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781558620858
ISBN-10: 1558620850
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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Des liens trop fragiles
Des Liens Trop Fragiles [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782714443137
ISBN-10: 2714443133
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The Dylanist A Novel
The Dylanist a Novel (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780060166625
ISBN-10: 0060166622
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Dylanist  A Novel
The Dylanist a Novel (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780425172261
ISBN-10: 0425172260
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 4

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe [Life&Times] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781905791521
ISBN-10: 1905791526
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Florence Gordon
Florence Gordon (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780544309869
ISBN-10: 0544309863
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 3

Gone in the Air The Life and Music of Eric Dolphy
Gone in the Air the Life and Music of Eric Dolphy [Popular Music History] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781845531652
ISBN-10: 1845531655
Genres: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs
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Index of the Books and Authors Cited in the Zoological Works of Linnaeus v 168
Index of the Books and Authors Cited in the Zoological Works of Linnaeus V 168 [Ray Society] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780903874335
ISBN-10: 0903874334
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An Introduction to the Cape dAguilar Marine Reserve Hong Kong
Jazz on CD LP and Cassette The Penguin Guide to First Edition
Jazz on Cd Lp and Cassette the Penguin Guide to First Edition [Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140153644
ISBN-10: 0140153640
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong  Southern China V
The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong Southern China V [Pt. 5] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789622095250
ISBN-10: 9622095259
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis [Life & Times] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781904341789
ISBN-10: 1904341780
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Norman Mailer [Modern Fiction Series] (Paperback)
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD LP and Cassette
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd Lp and Cassette [Penguin Library Editions] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780140245578
ISBN-10: 014024557X
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd [Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 5th ed] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140514520
ISBN-10: 014051452X
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD  Seventh Edition
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd Seventh Edition [Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141014166
ISBN-10: 0141014164
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD Sixth Edition
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd Sixth Edition [Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140515213
ISBN-10: 0140515216
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc [3rd ed] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140513684
ISBN-10: 014051368X
Genres: Reference, Humor & Entertainment
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