Lee Morgan

Artist:  Lee Morgan 
Birth Name:  Edward Lee Morgan
Born:  July 10, 1938.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died:  February 19, 1972 (Aged 33).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Trumpeter, Composer
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Lee Morgan was an American Hard Bop Trumpeter.  His idol and influenced Clifford Brown.  He played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie.  In 1957, he performed as a sideman on John Coltrane's Classic Blue Train as well as with Jimmy Smith.

Title:  The Rumproller  (2020)
Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  The Rumproller  (10:29)
 2.  Desert Moonlight  (9:26)

Side 2:

 1.  Eclipso  (6:56)
 2.  Edda  (7:23)
 3.  The Lady  (7:34)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Ronnie Mathews:  Piano
Victor Sproles:  Bass
Billy Higgins:  Drums

The Rumproller is an album by Lee Morgan, originally released on January, 1966 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on April 10, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles and Billy Higgins.