Results for "lee morgan"

Curtis Fuller: Motor City Messenger

by Russ Musto
December 1, 2008

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 ...

I Remember Clifford

Featuring the music of Lee Morgan
Duration: 5:25
July 10, 2008

Lee Morgan: Lee Morgan

by Samuel Chell
May 2, 2008

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 ...

Lee Morgan: Vols. 2 and 3

by Joel Roberts
April 6, 2008

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 ...

The Cooker

By Lee Morgan

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: A Night in Tunisia; Heavy Dipper; Just One of Those Things; Lover Man; New-Ma; Just One of Those Things (Alternate Take).

Tom Cat

By Lee Morgan

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Tom Cat; Exotique; Twice Around; Twilight Mist; Riggarmortes.

Essential Blue -The Classic Of Lee Morgan-

By 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;

Lee Morgan

By 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;

Essential Blue - The Classic Of Lee Morgan - Compilation By Tatsuo Sunaga

By Lee Morgan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2007

Lee Morgan: The Gigolo

by Samuel Chell
February 26, 2007

Lee Morgan The Gigolo Blue Note Records 2007 As we observe the 35th anniversary (Feb. 19) of the death of the talented trumpeter who would also become the major player in one of American music's more noteworthy Frankie and Johnny stories, the title of this Lee Morgan session and several ...