Tuesday, August 15, 2023

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:  Infinity (2023) 

Genre:  Jazz, Bebop, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   ****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Infinity (11:42)

 2.  Miss Nettie B. (9:20)

 

Side B:


 1.  Growing Pains (8:05)

 2.  Portrait Of Doll (5:42)

 3.  Zip Code (6:31)


Personnel:


Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Jackie McLean:  Alto Saxophone

Larry Willis:  Piano

Reggie Workman:  Bass

Billy Higgins:  Drums


Infinity is an album by Lee Morgan, originally released in 1981 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on August 4, 2023 by Blue Note Records. Audiophile  Vinyl 180 Gram.







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