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Lee Morgan
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Lee Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death.
He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank Mobley records, and John Coltrane's Blue Train. On the latter LP, he even played a bent-up horn like Gillespie's. Joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1958 further developed his talent as a soloist and writer. He toured with Blakey for a few years, and was featured on Moanin, which is probably Blakey's best known recording. When Benny Golson left the Jazz Messengers, Morgan persuaded Blakey to hire Wayne Shorter, a young tenor saxophonist, to fill the chair. This classic version of the Jazz Messengers, including Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt would record the classic The Freedom Rider album.
Jerry Weldon: The Summit
by Pierre Giroux
Recorded live before an attentive audience at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center in New Jersey, in November 2024, The Summit features tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon consistently giving his best in honour of the hard-swinging values of mid-century hard bop while keeping the music vibrantly alive in the moment. In addition to Weldon, the front line ...
Albert Marquès / Rachel Therrien: Dialogue (Vol. I & II)
by Artur Moral
Except for the most radically experimental music, in a jazz context increasingly dominated by written scores that leave little room for improvisation, the appearance of a musical diptych centered on the latter is undoubtedly most welcome. This applies both to individual discourse and to creation shared simultaneously by various performers. Granted, many listeners may be absolutely ...
Classic jazz from Arthur Prysock, Lee Morgan and recently releases from Elijah Rock, Lisa Hilton, and more
by David W. Daniels
Classic jazz from Arthur Prysock, Lee Morgan, Harold Land, and others. Rereleased jazz from Tommy Smith, and recently released jazz from Gregory Groover and Nat Adderley, Jr along with several more. Recognizing birthdays for Al Foster, Lizz Wright, Jimmy Herring, and others. Playlist Don Friedman Quartet “Exploration" from Dreams And Explorations (Riverside) 00:00 Arthur ...
Eddie Allen: Rhythm People
by Jack Bowers
Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are Rhythm People, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and ...
Omar Thomas, Joe Fielder, and Marilyn Crispell
by Jerome Wilson
This show features recent releases by Omar Thomas, Trio of Bloom, and Joe Fielder as well as older music from Marilyn Crispell, Eric Dolphy, and Lee Morgan.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 New York Trio ...
Peter Evans: Ars Ludicra
by Fran Kursztejn
In the band's handful of releases the past decade, Peter Evans' Being & Becoming has defined itself by an unusual pattern of influence. As the former leader of superstar avant-garde quartet Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Evans has always played the agitator, the many-hats uncompromising auteur, challenging in both sonic intellect and actual practice. He ...
Daniele Cavallanti A World of Sound: A Wall of Sound
by Alberto Bazzurro
Non si può certo dire che Daniele Cavallanti difetti di coerenza. Dopo l'esperienza con gli Aktuala, sul finire degli anni Settanta ha iniziato a intrecciare la sua strada con quella di Tiziano Tononi, dal ché è nato poco dopo Nexus, e di lì tutta una storia comune in cui ognuno ha messo del suo. Del resto, ...
David Sneider: Introducing David Sneider
by Jack Bowers
What better way to introduce young trumpeter David Sneider than with one of his half-dozen buoyant new compositions, “Marvelous-Lee," the opening number on Sneider's congenial debut recording. That delightful salute to fellow trumpeter Lee Morgan also introduces one of Sneider's two front-line partners, tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung, and the ensemble's able rhythm section: pianist Tyler Henderson, ...
Don Was, A Strata East Memory, Khruangbin, and introducing Juan Chiavassa with George Garzone, Leo Genovese and John Patitucci
by Hobart Taylor
Getting funky and abstract with a picante twist: New Music from Don Was, Khruangbin, SML, and introducing drummer Juan Chiavassa with his pals, George Garzone, John Pattitucci and Leo Genovese Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Michael League/ Pedrito Martinez/Antonio Sánchez “Suuru)" from Elipsi (Groundup) 00:21 Lauren Henderson “Vida" from Sonidos (Brontosaurus) 7:01 Antonio Farao “Gospello)" ...
