[5] Morris joined Tony Haynes's Grand Union Orchestra in 1984 and played soprano and tenor saxophone on their debut album, The Song of Many Tongues.
He ran the weekly club for four years, bringing radical performers like Gilad Atzmon and Reem Kelani to the city.
He wrote music for a jazz theatre piece inspired by the River Tyne, Downriver, with the poet Sean O'Brien, which was performed at the Newcastle Playhouse in 2001.
[10] Morris was commissioned by New Writing North to commemorate the poet Andrew Waterhouse by setting a series of poems to music, including "Song for the Crossing" by Sean O'Brien.
[3] Other bands he played with include the Lewis Watson Quartet, the John Warren Octet, Pylon, Cheap At The Price and Ipso Facto.