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Lee Morgan (born with Philadelphia on July 10th, 1938, died with New York on February 19th, 1972) was a Trompettiste of American Hard bop.

Biography

Lee Morgan begins its career in the orchestra of Dizzy Gillespie with old 18 years. It remains there during two years. In 1956 it starts to record as a leader, mainly for the label Blue Note. It records nearly 25 albums for this label. Its principal influences are Clifford Brown and Dizzy Gillespie.

It appears also in varied album of Hank Mobley, John Coltrane ( Blue Train ), the Jazz Messengers of Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter and Andrew Hill. It became famous thanks to its album: The Sidewinder in 1963. In its albums as a leader, he played with the largest musicians of Hard bop: Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson or Jackie MacLean with the saxophone; Bobby Tillers or McCoy Tyner with the piano; Art Blakey with the battery… Its style is very characteristic of its Blue Note the Sixties: a quintet in general made up of a trumpet, a saxophone tenor (more rarely viola or baritone), of a piano, a double bass and a battery; a sound funky, a style Drunk jazz. Under many aspects, Lee Morgan represents the type even of the musician hardware bop of the Sixties.

Lee Morgan was killed by its ex woman. The legend wants that, one evening in concert, Lee Morgan, following a dispute with its heroin supplier, required of its ex woman to bring back her gun to him. When it arrived, it found Lee Morgan in company of another woman. A dispute followed and Lee Morgan was killed by its ex woman.

Discography

As a leader

Ace Leader

• 1956 Lee Morgan Indeed!

• 1956 Lee Morgan, Volume 2: Sextet
• 1957 Lee Morgan, Volume 3
• 1957 Candy
• 1957 City lights
• 1960 Expoobident
• 1960 Here' S Lee Morgan
• 1960 Leeway
• 1962 Take Twelve
• 1963 The Sidewinder
• 1964 Search for the New Land
• 1964 Tom Cat
• 1965 Cornbread
• 1965 The Gigolo
• 1965 The Rumproller
• 1966 Charisma
• 1966 The Rajah
• 1966 Delightfulee
• 1967 Sonic Boom
• 1967 The Procrastinator
• 1967 The Sixth Judicious
• 1968 Caramba!
• 1968 Taru
• 1969 Lee Morgan Sextet
• 1970 Live At the Lighthouse
• 1971 Lee Morgan (reissued one CD ace The Last Session )

As a Co-leader

• 1957 Tale Candoli & Lee Morgan: Double gold Nothin'

With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

• 1957 Theory off Art
• 1958 Drums Around the Corner
• 1958 Moanin'
• 1959 African
• 1959 At the Jazz Corner off the World (two volumes)
• 1959 Paris Jam Session
• 1960 has Night in Tunisia
• 1960 Like Someone in Coils
• 1960 off Meet You At the Jazz Corner the World (two volumes)
• 1960 Roots & Herbs
• 1960 The Big Beat
• 1961 has Day with Art Blakey
• 1961 Impel!!! Art Blakey!!! Messengers jazz!!!
• 1961 The Freedom To wrinkle
• 1961 The Witch Doctor
• 1961 Tokyo 1961
• 1964 S Make It
• 1964 Indestructible
• 1965 Drunk Finger

With John Coltrane

• 1957 Blue Train

With Hank Mobley

• 1956 With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan
• 1956 The Jazz Message off Hank Mobley
• 1958 Peckin' Time
• 1963 No Room for Squares
• 1963 Straight No Filter
• 1965 Dippin'
• 1966 has Slice off the Top

With Jimmy Smith

• 1957 House Party
• 1958 The Sermon!

With Wayne Shorter

• 1959 Introducing Wayne Shorter
• 1960 The Young Lions
• 1964 Night Dreamer

With Andrew Hill

• 1968 Fatty Roots
• 1970 Top spin Every Voice