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:  City Lights (2026)

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.  City Lights (5:46)

 2.  Tempo De Waltz (6:24)

 3.  You're Mine You (6:03)

Side Two:

 1.  Just By Myself (9:24)

 2.  Kin Folks (9:42)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan:  Trumpet

Curtis Fuller:  Trombone

George Coleman:  Tenor Saxophone, alto Saxophone on Tracks:  1/2, 2/2

Ray Bryant:  Piano

Paul Chambers:  Bass

Art Taylor:  Drums

City Lights is an album by Lee Morgan, originally released on June 1968 by Blue Note, remastered and reissued on February 6, 2026 by Blue Note.  Pressed on 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl.