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INDEED! (1956)
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MUSICIANS:
LEE MORGAN (Trumpet)
CLARENCE SHARPE (Alto Sax)
HORACE SILVER (Piano)
WILBUR WARE (Bass)
"PHILLY" JOE JONES (Drums)

1.ROCCUS.
2.REGGIE OF CHESTER.
3.THE LADY.
4.LITTLE T.
5.GAZA STRIP.
6.STAND BY.

A gem of an early album from Lee Morgan -- quite different than his work as a leader for the Savoy label during the same period! Although Morgan's only a wee lad at the time, the album's got an incredible sense of warmth and imagination -- one that's steeped in lessons learned from Horace Silver and Art Blakey, and played with a style that's as richly expressive as it is soulful -- a no-nonsense, no-tricks approach to the trumpet that gave Morgan a voice that was clearly different from predecessors like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Fats Navarro! The album's got a stellar lineup that includes Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware, and Philly Joe Jones -- plus the virtually unknown Clarence Sharpe, who makes a rare appearance on alto on this session! The whole thing's great, and filled with unique titles that include "Reggie Of Chester", "Little T", "Gaza Strip", and "Roccus".

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The Sixth Sense
MP3|320KBPS|134MB

Release Date: July 13, 2004
Original release year: 1969
Label: Blue Note Records (USA)
Producer: Francis Wolff; Duke Pearson
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Personnel:
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Jackie McLean (alto saxophone)
Frank Mitchell (tenor saxophone)
Cedar Walton (piano)
Harold Mabern (bass instrument)
Billy Higgins (drums).

DISC 1
1. The Sixth Sense
2. Short Count
3. Psychedelic
4. Afreaka
5. Anti Climax
6. The Cry Of My People
7. Extemporaneous - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
8. Mickey's Tune - (previously unreleased, bonus track)
9. Leebop - (previously unreleased, bonus track)

Liner Note Authors: Ed Williams; Bob Blumenthal.

This rare Lee Morgan Blue Note date from 1968 is one of the few discs by the legendary trumpeter that didn't see a large following when it was originally released. Unlike the colossal THE SIDEWINDER, this session is subtler in its approach to the funky sounds that Morgan had ushered into existence a few years earlier. Still, the masterful playing of stars like Morgan, Jackie McLean, Cedar Walton, and Billy Higgins, coupled with some exceptionally creative tunes, make this a worthwhile jewel in the Lee Morgan treasure chest. Also significant is the rare appearance of tenor man Frank Mitchell, who had appeared briefly with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

Morgan and company set the groove early with the bossa nova-tinged title track. Higgins swings hard on Morgan's "Short Count," which gives the trumpeter and his guests plenty of breathing room for some healthy solos. The jazzy rock shadings of "Psychedelic" are no doubt a reflection of the coming trend that would hit full swing in the '70s. Also included here are three tracks from an unreleased session that feature pianist Harold Mabern in place of Walton. Other highlight cuts include the bouncing "Afreaka" and Morgan's intricate "Anti Climax."

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The Gigolo (1965)
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Release Date: Feb 7, 2006
Original release year: 1965
Label: Blue Note Records (USA)

Lee Morgan - The Gigalo

1. Yes I Can, No You Can't
2. Trapped
3. Speedball
4. Gigolo, The
5. Gigolo, The - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
6. You Go To My Head

Personnel:
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
Harold Mabern (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (acoustic bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)

Producer: Alfred Lion.

Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 25 and July 1, 1965.

More quintessential hard bop from one of the genre's leading figures at the height of his considerable powers as a composer and trumpeter. Morgan had just returned to solo work a year earlier after his second stint with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; in 1965 the trumpeter also released CORNBREAD and THE RUMPROLLER and did numerous sessions as a sideman. Morgan composed the title track, and three others including the Coots/Gillespie ballad "You Go To My Head" round things out.

"Yes I Can, No You Can't" opens with the rhythm section laying down a churning vamp; the horns enter with a typical Morgan statement, funky, swaggering and confident. "Speedball" is a bebop-style blues, but more relaxed, with a secondary theme appearing in the third chorus of the head. "Trapped," a modified minor blues, is more urgent, while "The Gigolo" is a brooding and majestic jazz waltz more evocative of a bullfight than of the ballroom. Throughout, the ensemble work is tight and the solos crackle with passion and joy.

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Leeway (1960)
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1. These Are Soulful Days
2. Lion And The Wolff, The
3. Midtown Blues
4. Nakatini Suite

Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Jackie McClean (alto saxophone)
Bobby Timmons (piano)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Art Blakey (drums)

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 28, 1960. Originally released on Blue Note (84034). Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff and Bob Blumenthal.

Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.

This is part of Blue Note's RVG series.

Though it's worth noting that Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd, Booker Little, Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard were prodigious, original trumpet stylists while still in their teens and early 20s, arguably no young trumpet player ever burst on the jazz scene with the brash authority and joy of Lee Morgan. Debuting in the challenging Dizzy Gillespie big band as an eighteen year-old, Morgan often found himself featured on the master's own "Night In Tunisia." And for many long-time jazz fans, Morgan's presence in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers of the late '50s-early '60s (with Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merrit) marked the spiritual and aesthetic peak of that great band.

LEEWAY presents Morgan in an all-star ensemble featuring the tart, swinging altoist Jackie McLean--a charter member of Blakey's earlier edition of the Jazz Messengers--and everyone's favorite bassist, Paul Chambers. Together with Jazz Messengers Blakey and Timmons, Chambers helps to rhythmically supercharge the soulful shuffles and blues which distinguish this upbeat blowing session. "These Are Soulful Days" is a funky hard bop anthem by Cal Massey, with a supple shift to 3/4 in the bridge. Morgan follows laid-back solos by Chambers, Timmons and McLean with an electrifying concoction of the rhythmic double time, vocal slurs and cascading melodic devices--each and every note sweetly articulated.

On "The Lion And The Wolff," Morgan answers McLean's bluesy recreated figures with riffing phrases of his own, building enormous tension by alternating stunning half-valve effects, taut vamping patterns and swinging syncopations, until drummer Blakey is like to bust. The rhythmic stops and starts of "Midtown Blues" inspire Morgan to a fiercely riffing solo full of long rolling passages and cunning repeated riffs, culminating in a magnificent display of brassy, blustery lyricism--followed by an equally swinging McLean--as Blakey and Timmons allow the hot grease to spill all over this rocking shuffle-beat. And the extended form "Nakatini Suite," with its exotic Afro-Cuban intro, swinging release and elliptical bridge, illuminates Morgan's mastery of complex harmonic materials, as he surfs effortlessly through the changes, punctuating his melodic elisions with soulful cries.

© Muze/MTS Inc.
Editorial Reviews: Top

JazzTimes (2/96, pp.83-84) - "...one of Morgan's greasiest, down and dirty blowing sessions, featuring the trumpeter at his most emotional..."

Musician (9/95, p.90) - "...unearthed...gem....Two fine Calvin Massey compositions...prove a fine frame for Morgan's expressive trumpet solos, and bookend two relaxed blowing blues..."

Jazziz (10/95, p.36) - "...a forgotten classic....Morgan struts and shouts his way through four lengthy tracks..."

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Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1963)
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Release Date: Jan 29, 1991
Original release year: 1963
Blue Note Records
Producer: Alfred Lion
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone)
Barry Harris (piano)
Bob Cranshaw (bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)

1. Sidewinder, The
2. Totem Pole
3. Gary's Notebook
4. Boy, What A Night
5. Hocus-Pocus
6. Totem Pole - (alternate take, bonus track)

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21, 1963.

Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time."

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Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land 1964
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Release Date: Sep 2, 2003
Original release year: 1964
Label: Blue Note Records (USA)
Producer: Alfred Lion
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
Herbie Hancock (piano)
Grant Green (guitar)
Reginald Workman (bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)

1. Search For The New Land
2. Joker, The
3. Mr. Kenyatta
4. Melancholee
5. Morgan The Pirate

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 15, 1964. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff.

Morgan's playing maintains its articulate brightness, but his notes and phrases are carefully shaded. This is matched by Wayne Shorter's sax work (also simultaneously edgy and lyrical), Grant Green's glowing guitar and Herbie Hancock's atmospheric contributions. Lee should also be recognized as a significant composer, since all the tracks here, with their floating themes and protean solo sections, are from his pen. SEARCH FOR THE NEW LAND live up to its title, finding a high ground of intelligent, evocative work and outstanding playing.

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Lee Morgan - City Lights (1957)
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Release Date: Sep 12, 2006
Original release year: 1957
Blue Note Records (USA)
Producer: Alfred Lion

1. Siliver's Serenade
2. Let's Get To The Nitty Gritty
3. Sweet Sweetie Dee
4. Dragon, The
5. Nineteen Bars

Lee Morgan - Trumpet
Curtis Fuller - Trombone
George Coleman - Saxophone
Paul Chambers - Bass
Ray Bryant - Piano
Art Taylor - Drums

Lee Morgan was only a tender 19 years of age when he led this 1957 Blue Note date, but his technique surpassed most of the more seasoned trumpeters on the scene. Technically agile and possessed of a bright, clear tone (he clearly belongs to the lineage of Dizzy Gillespie), Morgan shines on CITY LIGHTS, and his sidemen--including saxophonist George Coleman, trombonist Curtis Fuller, and bassist Paul Chambers--are no slouches, either. Strong writing from jazz composer Benny Golson makes this a thoroughly enjoyable hard-bop session.
The 2006 reissue boasts beautifully remastered sound.

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Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse (1970) (3 CD Set + scans)
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Recorded live at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California in 1970.

DISC 1:
1. Introduction By Lee Morgan - (previously unreleased)
2. Beehive, The
3. Absolutions
4. Peyote
5. Speedball - (previously unreleased)
DISC 2:
1. Nommo
2. Neophilia
3. Something Like This - (previously unreleased)
4. I Remember Britt - (previously unreleased)
DISC 3:
1. Aon - (previously unreleased)
2. Yinjanna - (previously unreleased)
3. 416 East 10th Street
4. Sidewinder, The - (previously unreleased)

Lee Morgan (trumpet)
Bennie Maupin (tenor saxophone
flute, bass clarinet)
Harold Mabern (piano)
Jymie Merritt (bass)
Mickey Roker
Jack DeJohnette (drums)

As Lee himself points out in his on--tape introduction to these three nights of live recording for Blue Note Records, the band had no plans to play anything Lee had already recorded, because, as Morgan mutters, "It just wouldn't make any sense." This sprawling three-CD set does, in the end, include a version of "The Sidewinder," as well as "Speedball," an uptempo blues from Lee's album THE GIGOLO, with Jack DeJohnette guesting. But even these tunes are rendered in a more abstract fashion than the way they were originally recorded, and on the balance of the material here you can feel the effects of the decade loud and clear.

Solos lean towards the exploratory and the cathartic, with the result that no tune clocks in under eleven minutes, and bassist Jymie Merritt's "Absolutions" pushes well past the twenty minute mark. Morgan's generosity as a leader extends beyond providing room to stretch out: with the exception of "The Sidewinder" and "Speedball," all of the material for these three nights was composed by either Merritt, saxophonist Bennie Maupin or pianist Harold Mabern.

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Standards (1967)
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Street Date Feb 10, 1998

Personnel:
Lee Morgan (trumpet)
James Spaulding (alto saxophone, flute)
Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone)
Herbie Hancock (piano)
Ron Carter (bass)
Mickey Roker (drums)

1. This Is The Life
2. God Bless The Child
3. Blue Gardenia
4. Lot Of Livin' To Do, A
5. Somewhere
6. If I Were A Carpenter
7. Blue Gardenia - (alternate take)

Producer: Alfred Lion.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on January 13, 1967.

It's hard to picture Lee Morgan daintily stepping through the changes to cocktail-hour versions of "My Funny Valentine" or "Misty." Fortunately, that's not what he's doing here. A lot of thought went into this session, which nevertheless remained in the Blue Note vaults from the time of its recording in 1967 until 1998. Duke Pearson's arrangements play Morgan's trumpet off of a reed section of James Spaulding, Wayne Shorter and Pepper Adams, which is in turn supported by the no-slouch rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Mickey Roker.

Morgan and Pearson may not have had Miles Davis' capacity to bring Broadway tunes into the jazz repertoire for good, but they did succeed in choosing songs of various vintages that had not yet been played to death, including "Somewhere" from West Side Story, and a then-current pop hit, Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter." No need to cringe--there are plenty of great jazz artists who should only be lucky enough to have made a record this hip while drawing on contemporary material.

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Lee Morgan - The Last Session
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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.

01. Capra Black (15:32) (Harper)
02. In What Direction Are You Headed? (16:20) (Mabern)
03. Angela (6:24) (Merritt)
04. Croquet Ballet (10:57) (Harper)
05. Inner Passions Out (17:34) (Waits)

Lee Morgan - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Grachan Moncur III - Trombone
Bobbi Humphrey - Flute
Billy Harper - Tenor Sax, Alto Flute
Harold Mabern - Piano, El Piano
Jymie Merritt - El Bass
Reggie Workman - Bass, Percussion
Freddie Waits - Drums, Recorder

Produced by George Butler
Recorded September 17 & 18 1971 at Van Gelders Studio
Masterred by Ron McMaster using 20-bit SBM

The final recording by Lee Morgan, this double LP has its moments but is somewhat erratic with some modal-oriented selections that ramble on too long and a forgettable debut (on "Croquet Ballet") for the trumpeter's discovery, flutist Bobbi Humphrey. Morgan (who was still just 33) is in generally good form and his band (with Billy Harper on tenor, keyboardist Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt or Reggie Workman on bass and drummer Freddie Waits) is quite stimulating but the music has an uncomfortable and incomplete feel to it. It does leave one wondering what Lee Morgan would have done next had he lived.

Lee Morgan
Born July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia
Died February 19, 1972 in New York

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Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Complete Vee Jay Sessions (1960)
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Personnel:
Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Frank Strozier (alto sax)
Wayne Shorter, Clifford Jordan (tenor sax)
Wynton Kelly, Bobby Timmons, Eddie Higgins, Cedar Walton (piano)
Bob Cranshaw, Paul Chambers, Art Davis, Jymie Merritt (bass)
Louis Hayes, Art Blakey, Jimmy Cobb, Marshall Thompson (drums)

Track listing: 77 performances, including six previously unissued alternate takes.

Disc 1:
1. Seeds of Sin - The Young Lions
2. Seeds of Sin [A] [Version] - The Young Lions
3. Scourin' - The Young Lions
4. Scourin' [A] [Version] - The Young Lions
5. Fat Lady - The Young Lions
6. Fat Lady [A] [Version] - The Young Lions
7. Peaches and Cream [A] [Version] - The Young Lions
8. That's Right [A] [Version] - The Young Lions
9. Running Brook - Lee Morgan
10. Terrible "T" - Lee Morgan

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Disc 2:
1. Mogie - Lee Morgan
2. Mogie - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
3. Mogie - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
4. Off Spring - Lee Morgan
5. Off Spring [Edit] - Lee Morgan
6. Bess - Lee Morgan
7. Bess - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
8. Running Brook - Lee Morgan
9. Running Brook - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
10. Terrible "T" - Lee Morgan
11. Terrible "T" - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan

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Disc 3:
1. I'm a Fool to Want You - Lee Morgan
2. I'm a Fool to Want You - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
3. I'm a Fool to Want You - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
4. Expoobident - Lee Morgan
5. Expoobident - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
6. Fire - Lee Morgan
7. Fire - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
8. Just in Time - Lee Morgan
9. Just in Time - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
10. Triple Track - Lee Morgan
11. Triple Track - [Alternate Take] Lee Morgan
12. Easy Living - Lee Morgan
13. The Hearing - Lee Morgan
14. Lost and Found - Lee Morgan

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Disc 4:
1. Blues a la Carte - Wayne Shorter
2. Blues a la Carte - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
3. Harry's Last Stand - Wayne Shorter
4. Harry's Last Stand - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
5. Down in the Depths - Wayne Shorter
6. Down in the Depths - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
7. Pug Nose - Wayne Shorter
8. Pug Nose - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
9. Black Diamond - Wayne Shorter
10. Black Diamond - Wayne Shorter
11. Mack the Knife - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter

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Disc 5:
1. The Ruby and the Pearl - Wayne Shorter
2. The Ruby and the Pearl - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
3. Pay as You Go - Wayne Shorter
4. Second Genesis - Wayne Shorter
5. Mr. Chairman - Wayne Shorter
6. Mr. Chairman - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
7. Tenderfoot - Wayne Shorter
8. Tenderfoot - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
9. The Albatross - Wayne Shorter
10. The Albtross - [Alternate Take] Wayne Shorter
11. Getting to Know You [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
12. Getting to Know You - Wayne Shorter
13. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Wayne Shorter

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Disc 6:
1. Black Orpheus [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
2. Black Orpheus - Wayne Shorter
3. Dead End [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
4. Dead End [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
5. Dead End - Wayne Shorter
6. All or Nothing at All [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
7. All or Nothing at All - Wayne Shorter
8. Calloway Went That-A-Way [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
9. Calloway Went That-A-Way - Wayne Shorter
10. Wayning Moments [First Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
11. Wayning Moments - Wayne Shorter
12. Wayning Moments [Second Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
13. Moon of Manakoora [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
14. Moon of Manakoora - Wayne Shorter
15. Powder Keg [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
16. Powder Keg - Wayne Shorter
17. Devil's Island [Alternate Take] - Wayne Shorter
18. Devil's Island - Wayne Shorter

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Scans:

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The Vee Jay material of Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan has been configured in various packages over the years, most recently in the form of two previous compact disc reissues and Japanese issues to boot. So why bother picking up this set, which basically includes items that have been available before? The answer to that question simply lies in the fact that never has this material been presented in such a definitive manner, including documentation and remastered sound quality that is undoubtedly superior to any previous issue of this material.

Here’s Lee Morgan and Expoobident

Now that the obvious has been discussed, let’s put this important music into context. Lee Morgan, who already had a solid series of Blue Note releases under his belt, joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1958. This gig would keep him busy and it would be about two years before the trumpeter would record another Blue Note session as a leader, a March 1960 date that would produce Leeway. One month prior to that, he would cut his first set for Vee Jay, Here’s Lee Morgan. With boss Blakey at the drums, Morgan’s quintet includes the stout tenor stylings of Clifford Jordan and the in sync rhythm team of Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers. Highlights include Milt Jackson’s quirky “Off Spring,” which Kelly introduces ever so tastily, “Bess,” a medium shuffle with Morgan muted, and “Running Brook,” which incorporates some of Morgan’s delicious half-valve effects.

Eight months after his first Vee Jay sessions and a bit over a year before Morgan’s lone Jazzland date, Take Twelve, we get the second Morgan Vee Jay album, Expoobident. Clifford Jordan and Blakey are again on hand, but this time the studio is in Chicago and so local legend Eddie Higgins and Art Davis round out the rhythm team. We get a few standards and some well-penned originals by Clifford Jordan (“Lost and Found” and “The Hearing”), Wayne Shorter (“Fire”), Eddie Higgins’ title track, and Morgan’s own “Triple Track.” The mood continues to be animated and Morgan’s horn crackles with enthusiasm.

Introducing Wayne Shorter, Second Genesis, and Wayning Moments

Whereas Lee Morgan had already documented his work on that previously mentioned series of Blue Note sides; tenor man Wayne Shorter’s recording career would begin with work at Vee Jay. He participated in Kelly Great, a 1959 Vee Jay date for pianist Wynton Kelly. Then, in the span of two days in November of 1959, Shorter would cut his own record for Vee Jay and make his first recorded appearance with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (the Blue Note set Africaine ). Including a nod to Shorter’s present employer and a taste of Miles Davis’ current backing group, the saxophonist shares the front line with Morgan, with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb in support. All the tunes are by Shorter and even at this early stage his writing genius is apparent. The longest track, “Down in the Depths,” also makes clear what a distinctive and individualistic improviser Shorter evidently was.

Following more Blakey sessions for Blue Note, including The Big Beat, Night in Tunisia, and Meet You At the Jazz Corner of the World, Wayne would cut his next Vee Jay date in October of 1960, although it would not be released for over a decade. Done in Chicago, Second Genesis finds Shorter fronting a quartet with Blakey, Cedar Walton, and Bob Cranshaw. Aside from three standards, the program again consists of originals and Shorter’s tenor voice continues to speak volumes in a way that marks him as one of the true innovators.

With a constant schedule of recording and touring activity with Art Blakey and the beginning of a soon to be budding relationship with Blue Note, it’s surprising that Shorter would have time to return to Chicago to cut one last album for Vee Jay. Returning the favor of guesting on Freddie Hubbard’s Ready For Freddie, Wayne would feature Hubbard on the front line for Wayning Moments, which also includes the rather odd rhythm team of Eddie Higgins, Jymie Merritt, and Marshall Thompson. This seems to be Shorter’s least interesting of the three Vee Jay sides, possibly because of the smaller number of Wayne originals and the aforementioned backing ensemble. Still, many fine moments can be found.

The Young Lions

Closing out this package, we get an all-star date that happens to feature Morgan and Shorter along with the tart and underrated alto saxophone of Frank Strozier. It’s interesting to note that our two main stars, along with pianist Bobby Timmons, were with Blakey at the time, Strozier and bassist Bob Cranshaw were members of the Chicago cooperative MJT+3, Louis Hayes was from Cannonball Adderley’s band, and Albert “Tootie” Heath was stoking the fires for J.J. Johnson. This is a superb meeting that highlights some groovy writing by Shorter and Timmons. “Scourin’” is especially choice, with its ascending line and a Shorter solo that includes low register honks and a rare quote from “Do You Know the Muffin Man?”

Lee Morgan Clifford Jordan Quintet- Live In Baltimore (1968)
mp3|320kbps|175mb|covers

Recorded live at the Royal Arms in Baltimore July 1968.

1 Introduction 00:30
2 Straight No Chaser 18:12
3 Like Someone in Love 14:45
4 Solar 15:51
5 The Vamp 21:19
6 The Theme & Announcements 03:15

Features:
Lee Morgan-Trumpet,
Clifford Jordan-Tenor Sax,
John Hicks-Piano,
Reggie Workman-Bass, and
Ed Blackwell-Drums.

According to the notes, this is may be the only available recording of the quintet.
The recording quality is pretty good for live.

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