Genres: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz Active: 60's, 70's Born: July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA
Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Blue Mitchell, Booker Little, Dexter Gordon, Roy Eldridge, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey Nat Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Howard McGhee, Woody Shaw, Booker Little, Roy Campbell, Ted Curson, Virgil Jones, Hank Mobley, Booker Ervin, Kenny Dorham Randy Brecker, Russell Gunn, Eddie Henderson, Charles Sullivan, Terumasa Hino, Joe Bonner, Marcio Montarroyos, Joe Magnarelli, Derrick Gardner, Alex Sipiagin, Guru, Sean Jones, Lester Bowie, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Woody Shaw, Steve Davis, Terence Blanchard |  |
A cornerstone of the Blue Note label roster prior to his tragic demise, Lee Morgan was one of hard bop's greatest trumpeters, and indeed one of the finest of the '60s. An all-around master of his instrument modeled after Clifford Brown, Morgan boasted an effortless, virtuosic technique and a full, supple, muscular tone that was just as powerful in the high register. His playing was always emotionally charged, regardless of the specific mood: cocky and exuberant on up-tempo groovers, blistering on bop-oriented technical showcases, sweet and sensitive on ballads. In his early days as a teen prodigy, Morgan was a busy soloist with a taste for long, graceful lines, and honed his personal style while serving an apprenticeship in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. As his original compositions began to take in elements of blues and R&B, he made greater use of space and developed an infectiously funky rhythmic sense.
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Release: January 13, 2008
Label: Toshiba EMI
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Release: 2007
Label: Blue Note
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