Brian Morton

Brian Morton has been a university teacher (in Britain and Norway), a journalist (with The Times and its supplements), and a radio broadcaster. He has presented more than 2000 programmes on BBC Radio 2, 3, 4 and World Service, including the jazz strand Impressions, Composer of the Week and In Tune. He has also been a senior producer on BBC Radio Scotland, where for ten years he presented the daily arts programmes The Usual Suspects and The Brian Morton Show. He is the author of twelve books, including eight editions of the Penguin Guide to Jazz, Contemporary Composers, Miles Davis, Shostakovitch, Modern Music: A Book of Words, and has translated the short stories of Jonas Lie. His journalism has appeared in many newspapers and magazines.