Lee Morgan's "The Rajah,

Today at JazzWax, Lee Morgan's "The Rajah," a perfect album, plus two tracks. https://t.co/n2345uzvGp pic.twitter.com/sXWBnDUVeu

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) 15 de novembro de 2016

Today at JazzWax, Lee Morgan's ...

Today at JazzWax, Lee Morgan's "The Rajah," a perfect album, plus two tracks. https://t.co/n2345uzvGp pic.twitter.com/sXWBnDUVeu

— Marc Myers (@JazzWax) 15 de novembro de 2016

the music & murder of #LeeMorgan

*Official Selection* I CALLED HIM MORGAN -- the music & murder of Lee Morgan - a film about love, jazz & America pic.twitter.com/Rncu0yXyqf

— Lunenburg Doc Fest (@LunenburgDocFes) September 8, 2016

#LeeMorgan with the #JazzMessengers

Hear 20-year-old trumpet sensation Lee Morgan with the Jazz Messengers at ;59 Newport. https://t.co/sNCENfPMhs pic.twitter.com/MXvyMAgl1X

— Concert Vault (@concertvault) August 13, 2016

At Iridium Jazz Club....

Charisma!: The Music of Lee Morgan

Friday- Sunday December 11-13 > Sets at 8:30 and 10:30 pm

Featuring
Billy Harper- Tenor Sax
Bennie Maupin- Tenor and Soprano Sax and Bass Clarinet
Charles Tolliver- Trumpet
David Weiss- Trumpet
Geri Allen- Piano
Dwayne Burno- Bass (December 10 and 13)
Christian McBride- Bass (December 11 and 12)
Victor Lewis- Drums

A cornerstone of the Blue Note label roster prior to his tragic demise, Lee Morgan was one of hard bop's greatest trumpeters, and indeed one of the finest of the '60s. An all-around master of his instrument modeled after Clifford Brown, Morgan boasted an effortless, virtuosic technique and a full, supple, muscular tone that was just as powerful in the high register. His playing was always emotionally charged, regardless of the specific mood: cocky and exuberant on up-tempo groovers, blistering on bop-oriented technical showcases, sweet and sensitive on ballads and also found ways to mimic human vocal inflections by stuttering, slurring his articulations, and employing half-valved sound effects.
 
As his original compositions began to take in elements of blues and R&B, he made greater use of space and developed an infectiously funky rhythmic sense. Morgan got his start with the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band but rose to prominence with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. In 1964, he recorded The Sidewinder for Blue Note Records. The Morgan-composed title track was a funky, danceable groover that drew from soul-jazz, Latin boogaloo, blues, and R&B in addition to Morgan's trademark hard bop. It was unlike anything else he'd recorded before and became an unlikely hit for the label. It inched onto the lower reaches of the pop charts, and was licensed for use in a high-profile automobile ad campaign. Its success helped push The Sidewinder into the Top 25 of the pop LP charts, and the Top Ten on the R&B listing.
 
Sales were brisk enough to revive the financially struggling Blue Note label, and likely kept it from bankruptcy; it also led to numerous 'Sidewinder'-style grooves popping up on other Blue Note artists' albums. Morgan was asked to write more tunes in the style of The Sidewinder in hopes of a follow-up hit and Morgan obliged but Morgan also formed a working band that was increasingly moving into more modal and free-form music, stretching the boundaries of hard bop. His funkier instincts were still evident as well, shifting gradually from boogaloo to early electrified. This sound is reflected on his last two albums, Live At The Lighthouse and what has become known as the Last Session which featured a tight, energetic, boundary stretching working band with bold new compositions from most of it's members. Unfortunately the development of this group was cut short by Morgan's tragic death in 1972. He was just 33 years old.
 
For this celebration of Morgan's music, Trumpeter/Arranger David Weiss has put together a group that will feature the two saxophonists who were members of Lee's last groundbreaking working band, Bennie Maupin and Billy Harper and features the music from the repertoire of this great band.

Lee Morgan - I Remember Clifford

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Lee Morgan,Benny Golson
Bobby Timmons,Jymie Merritt
dvd"live in '58"

Lee Morgan....

The trumpeter Lee Morgan, was own of enormous technique and invention emerged in the scene of the jazz in middle of the 50 with a remaining sound of Clifford Browns. Quickly, it developed its proper style, fundindo the classic reasons of bebop with modern rhythms, harmonias and melodies.

Morgan was born in 10 of July of 1938, in the Philadelphia, inside of a musical family, learning through particular lessons and if it initiated professionally with the age of 15 years. In the summer of 1956 it combined to big band of Dizzy Gillespie, where he touched up to 1958 when it was for the Messengers Jazz.
Also in 1956, Morgan recorded its first session for the Blue Note, “ Presenting Lee Morgan ”, the first record enters thirty almost that it recorded for this stamp. It came back toward its native city in 1961 to work with the saxofonista Jimmy Heath, among others. Lee returned the New York in 1963 to develop its projects of writing with the Blue Note. After a new work with Blakey of 1964-65, it only worked as leader of group.

In the Blue Note, the biggest success of Morgan was in 1963, with “ Sidewinder ”, that it was followed by great albums as “ Search Will be The New Land ”, “ Cornbread ” and “ Delightfulee ”. It adds its work as leader, the presence of Morgan as sideman in classic albums of jazz as “Night In Tunisia” (Gillespie), “Moanin” (Blakey), “Blue Trane” (John Coltrane) and “Evolution” (Grachan Moncur).
When Morgan died to the 33 years and already it had its place in the history of the jazz. Namorada of much time, Helen More assassinated, it with a shot, in palco of “ Slug ”, one nightclub of New York, in day 19 of February of 1972. After committing this barbarity, It lives it left nightclub, it came back toward house and if it committed suicide with a shot in the heart.

Discography
1957 Candy Blue Note
1957 City Lights Blue Note
1957 The Cooker Blue Note
1960 Lee-Way Blue Note
1962 Take Twelve Original Jazz
1963 The Sidewinder Blue Note
1964 Search will be the New Land Blue Note
1965 Cornbread Blue Note
1966 Delightfulee Blue Note
1967 Sonic Boom Blue Note
1967 The Procrastinator Blue Note
1968 Taru Blue Note
1970 Live at the Lighthouse Blue Note
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