Jim Morse earns two Outstanding Musicianship honors at Kansas jazz fest
Jim Morse of Brownfield, son of Rebecca Henson and grandson of L J Richardson, won Outstanding Musicianship for two original compositions performed by the Texas Tech jazz combo at a Wichita festival on April 24. He also received a second Outstanding Musicianship award for trumpet solos with the jazz combo and the Texas Tech Big Band. Morse, a junior accounting major at Tech, held a 4.0 fall GPA and was named to the President's List. He holds academic and music scholarships and leads the Tech jazz band, plays with Carla and the Jazz Messengers in Lubbock, and works part time for First National Bank of Brownfield.