Brian Morton (Scottish writer)

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For the American author see Brian Morton (American author).

Brian Morton (born 1954) is a Scottish writer, journalist and broadcaster, 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 Tromsa in Norway. He is co-author of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (formerly ...on CD), now in its eighth edition.

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 1992-97 Morton was the main presenter of Impressions for Radio 3, a fortnightly Jazz and improvised music programme, which had a more scholarly and serious approach than many such series' have managed. 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 on BBC Radio Scotland, until 2003 when he resigned over personal issues.

Like his American namesake, Brian Morton is a contributor to The Nation magazine.