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Article: Book Review

DelightfuLee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

Read "DelightfuLee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan" reviewed by Larry Reni Thomas


DelightfuLee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan Jeffrey McMillan Cloth/Paper; 272 pages ISBN: 978-0-472-11502-0/978-0-472-03281-5 University of Michigan Press 2008 This is an excellent, well-written, abundantly researched, scholarly book on the life and music of one of the great, unheralded heroes of jazz--the trumpeter ...

Album

Lee Morgan

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Whisper Not; Latin Hangover; His Sister; Slightly Hep; Where Am I; D's Fink.

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Article: Record Label Profile

Fresh Sound-New Talent

Read "Fresh Sound-New Talent" reviewed by Laurel Gross


Fresh Sound-New Talent owner and founder Jordi Pujol lives in Barcelona where his label is based but he's been up all night following the US Presidential election. Speaking from his native Spain the “morning after," he expresses the hope that the selection of President Elect Barack Obama might bode well not only for America but Europe ...

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Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger

Read "Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger" reviewed by Russ Musto


The most recorded jazz trombonist of his lifetime, Curtis Fuller's illustrious career spans six decades and includes tenures with many of the greatest names in this music. Born Dec. 15th, 1934 in Detroit, Fuller was orphaned at an early age, but found family in the close-knit jazz community of the musically fertile Motor City. He first ...

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Video

I Remember Clifford

Featuring the music of Lee Morgan
Duration: 5:25

Lee Morgan is given the spotlight with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in this 1958 concert clip. Art Blakey - drums, leader Lee Morgan - trumpet Benny Golson - tenor sax Jymie Merrit - bass Bobby Timmons - piano
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Article: Album Review

Lee Morgan: Lee Morgan

Read "Lee Morgan" reviewed by Samuel Chell


Were it not for the mature and ceaselessly lyrical contributions of tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, this RVG remaster of an eponymous 1956 Lee Morgan date (subtitled, on the backside of the album, Volume 2: Sextet) would appeal only to Morgan completists. The trumpeter's early Blue Note recordings and meteoric rise have already been documented by a ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Lee Morgan: Vols. 2 and 3

Read "Lee Morgan: Vols. 2 and 3" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Lee Morgan was just 18 when he led these exemplary hard bop dates for Blue Note in the winter of 1956 and spring of 1957. But, as these newly remastered Rudy Van Gelder editions attest, the Philadelphia-born trumpet phenom was mature far beyond his years, with a hard-driving, take-no-prisoners style that gained the attention of band ...

Album

Essential Blue -The Classic Of Lee Morgan-

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mesabi Chant; Nakatini Suite; Yesterday; The Gigolo; Latin Hangover; Mr. Kenyatta; Afreaka; Somethin' Cute; Since I Fell For You; Croquet Ballet;

Album

Lee Morgan

Label: Folha De S.Paulo
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Sidewinder; Since I Fell For You; Speedball; Ceora; The Rumproller; I Remember Clifford;


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