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:  Taru (2024)

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

Label:  Blue Note

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Avotcia One (6:43)

 2.  Haeschen (6:11)

3.  Dee Lawd (5:50)

Side Two:

 1.  Get Yourself Together (6:24)

 2.  Taru, What's Wrong With You (5:17)

 3.  Durem (7:28)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Bennie Maupin:  Tenor Saxophone

George Benson:  Guitar

John Hicks:  Piano

Reggie Workman:  Bass

Billly Higgins:  Drums

Taru is an album by Lee Morgan, originally released in 1980 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on August 2, 2024 by Blue Note.  180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.