This set (the CD reissue is a duplicate of the original LP) is one of the finest Lee Morgan records. The great trumpeter contributes five challenging compositions ("Search for the New Land," "The Joker," "Mr. Kenyatta," "Melancholee," and "Morgan the Pirate") that deserve to be revived. Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, guitarist Grant Green, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Billy Higgins are all in particularly creative form on the fresh material, and they stretch the boundaries of hard bop (the modern mainstream jazz of the period). The result is a consistently stimulating set that rewards repeated listenings.
"Click here to launch the Have You Heard Lee Morgan playlist on Rhapsody":http://play.rhapsody.com/playlistcentral/playlistdetail?playlistId=19533876Loquacious trumpeter Lee Morgan was a prodigy who played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band as a teenager and in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as a young man, first alongside tenor saxophonist Benny Golson and later with his friend tenor saxophonist Wa...
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| 1 Search for the New Land |
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| 2 The Joker |
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| 3 Mr. Kenyatta |
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| 4 Melancholee |
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| 5 Morgan the Pirate |
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