Product Details
Artist : Lee Morgan
Format : Limited Edition
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0724349533226
Label : Toshiba EMI
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1999-05-18
UPC : 724349533226
ASIN : B00000IL26
Track Listings for
Disc-1
1. Sidewinder
2. Totem Pole
3. Gary's Notebook
4. Boy, What a Night
5. Hocus Pocus
6. Totem Pole [Alternate Take]
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The Philadelphia-born trumpeter and superb bop stylist Lee Morgan apprenticed with Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey before emerging as a leader in his own right in the early '60s for Blue Note Records. Although Morgan owed a stylistic debt to both Gillespie and Clifford Brown, he quickly developed a voice of his own that combined half-valve effects, Latin inflections, and full, fluid melodies. While many of Morgan's later sessions for Blue Note would find him paired with saxophonist Hank Mobley, The Sidewinder features then up-and-coming tenor player Joe Henderson, plus Detroit pianist Barry Harris, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Billy Higgins. Along with the title track, an unconventional 24-bar blues, the album's compositional standout is "Totem Pole," a minor Latin groove featuring an outstanding solo by Henderson. This is the kind of relaxed blowing date, invigorated by thoughtful performances, that forms the backbone of the Blue Note catalog. --Fred Goodman
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"The Sidewinder", qui donne son titre à ce CD, est, avec entre autres le "Moanin" des Jazz Messengers et le "Watermelon Man" d'Herbie Hancock, un des hits du jazz funky des années 50-60, de ce style charnu et direct qui fait taper du pied, claquer des doigts et dont les mélodies et les riffs les plus accrocheurs se retiennent et se sifflotent sans problème. Les tenants de l'acid-jazz londonien et les rappers transatlantiques ne s'y tromperont pas, qui reprendront ou sampleront abondamment le "tube" de Lee Morgan. Mais The Sidewinder (le disque) ce sont aussi quatre autres titres tout aussi enlevés, deux souffleurs fougueux et inspirés et une rythmique de feu qui attise les braises sous leurs solos incandescents. Morgan, époustouflant technicien de la trompette, improvisateur inventif et remarquable compositeur, par ailleurs sideman incontournable de Coltrane, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie ou Horace Silver signe là, en leader, un des disques phares de la décennie. Cette musique indémodable est éternellement à l'abri de la poussière et des rides. --Thierry Quénum
Customer Reviews
A Classic Blue Note Recording by A Legendary Trumpeter (2004-05-29)  Although all knowledgeable jazz fans know about Lee Morgan, had he not been murdered over thirty years ago, it is likely that today his name would be as recognizable in popular culture as that of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. He was a superbly fine player who made consistently strong sides in the 60s for Blue Note and Vee Jay, among other labels. Whether as a leader or a sideman, his musical contributions were extremely formidable and should be deeply investigated by any jazz fan or students of the trumpet. "The Sidewinder" is perhaps Morgan's best known recording, and it is indeed a good listen. The recording also features Joe Henderson (tenor), Barry Harris (piano), Billy Higgins (drums), and Bob Cranshaw (bass). The main title track that opens the recording is a pretty well-known, funky vamp that is so catchy that it is easy to miss the fine interplay between Henderson and Morgan throughout the track. The remaining tracks on the recording are a little more in the hard bop vein and really showcase Morgan's underrated skills as a composer--it should be noted that all of the tracks on the recording were written by Lee Morgan. As with the case of Hank Mobley, Morgan should be given a lot more credit for crafting intricate jazz compositions. They are excellent, particularly the gorgeous "Totem Pole" which features beautiful improvisational interludes, novel changes, and a tight, melodic head. Basically, this is not a bad place to start a Lee Morgan collection, if you are interested in hearing his work. However, with an artist of this magnitude, you can't really go wrong getting anything by him.
The cure for people who think they don't get jazz (2004-05-28) Some musicians do a particularly good job of expressing their personality through their instruments. On this album, Lee Morgan's trumpet expresses both sheer confidence and the absolute joy of playing music. This album is the cure for everyone who thinks they don't get jazz. The music is funky,bluesy, brash and extroverted. Fans of pretty much any popular music genre will be able to react to the groove here. Yet this is no dumbed down, watered-down piece of pandering. Instead, this was a group of highly accomplished jazz musicians playing their butts off on a really good day. The re-mastering of the original Blue Note recording sessions is also excellent. Blue Note was famous for having being best recorded sessions in jazz and this album is a good example of everything that made the label great. You can really here the interplay between the musicians on this very clean recording, without ever having to sacrifice the soulfulness of the music. Lee Morgan was one of several jazz trumpeters in the 1950s who died in a relatively young age. Play this disc and find out just what we all missed.
Underated jazz trumpeter (2004-03-20) This a desert island jazz disc. Any true jazz fan either has or had this disc in their collection and with good reason. The title track is the seminal jazz formula rooted in hard bop that was progressing into the formation of a free wheeling post bop generation of new players to carry on the torch. The brilliant then young, now long gone trumpeter Lee Morgan assembled a tight group of musicians to record his original compositons. This disc demonstrates the talent Lee Morgan had as a composer and soloist, unfortunately his time amongst us was short. The cast of musicians was outstanding with extra props going out to bassist Bob Cranshaw and veteran tenor sax man Joe Henderson. The rhythmic and harmonic structure of these songs played on this session are exceptional examples of a cohesive jazz unit playing as one whole. The duet by Henderson and Morgan is a rare beautiful interchange by a lead and sideman on "Totem Pole" as each plays in harmony, in unison as one instrument then suddenly gives way for the other to add a solo within the framework and continuing the pattern hitting all registrars and shattering perception of what notes can do. Certain discs that have been resurrected from the archives sound better with a sonic cleansing and this is one of those. The music is hot jazz played with a cool demeanor, it is simply one of the best in it's genre. It is about as tight a recording session as you'll ever hear. Originally recorded in the sixties this disc is the perfect backdrop as you make your way through a day in the concrete urban jungle. This is music to put your top down and cruise with the wind blowing through your hair as you leave the golden triangle and head up the coast to your hideaway. If you don't have this in your collection check it out and file it under perenially hip and classic right next to Miles Davis. Highly recommended for straight-ahead jazz aficionados.
Briliiant (2003-11-22) Lee Morgan was a true giant of bop and his trumpet playing on this record is representative of this man's amazing talent. Morgan's trumpet style was clean and hot . Every track on this CD is a winner.I love Morgan's work with Art Blakey too but this is the best work Morgan did as a bandleader. Joe Henderson compliments Morgan's searing trumpet style perfectly. It is impossible in my opinion to rank the great bop era trumpet players - Morgan, MIles, Clifford Brown, Fats Navarro and of course Dizzy are all stars in the firmament. Lee Morgan deserved his place in that company and the work he did on this collection assurred it.
Buy THIS!!! (2003-11-19) Because he F@@kin' RULES on the trumpet. Don't get me wrong - Miles is genius. But Morgan really BLOWS, and I mean that in a good way. It's like watching a prizefighter stick-and-move, and pick apart an opponent, cutting them off, shutting them down. And you can see him grinning, knows he's got that other fella beat. Also see : "DelightfuLEE", and "The Gigolo". F@@kin' RULES, I tell ya.
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