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Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death. He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death. He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank ...

Recording

Backgrounder: Lee Morgan's Lee-Way

Backgrounder: Lee Morgan's Lee-Way

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers


Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death. He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death. He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank ...

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Four Lee Morgan Videos

Four Lee Morgan Videos

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Lee Morgan was a fluid burner. His trumpet could be fleshy and warm on ballads and sharp and darting on up-tempo songs. His staccato-like lines grabbed your attention, but he resisted making the instrument sizzle by pouring too much heat into his notes. His edge was an ingredient, not a means to and end. Here's Lee Morgan playing Bobby Timmons' Moanin’ on Canadian TV in July 1959... Here's Lee Morgan and Horace Silver in the early 1970s. Apologies for the ...

Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan\'s principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown\'s premature death... Read more.

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan\'s principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown\'s premature death... Read more.

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today!

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan\'s principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown\'s premature death... Read more.

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Lee Morgan: I Called Him Morgan

Lee Morgan: I Called Him Morgan

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

Jazz is the only form of American music that comes with a built-in film noir. As a nocturnal sub-culture, jazz has its own language, its own style and its own cynical way of looking at the world. Along the way, the 100-year-old jazz story has amassed dozens of secrets and unsolved mysteries. What happened the night Chu Berry died in a car crash in Ohio? What exactly happened to Lester Young while he was incarcerated for drug possession in an ...

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