Artist: Lee Morgan
Genre: Jazz
Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter who became one of the most brilliant and influential musicians in hard bop. His virtuosic technique and soulful approach produced classics including 'The Sidewinder,' whose funky groove achieved rare jazz crossover success. Morgan's career began as a teenager with Dizzy Gillespie before joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. His Blue Note recordings are considered essential jazz documents. Morgan's life was tragically cut short when he was shot by his common-law wife at a New York club in 1972, aged just 33. His influence on jazz trumpet and the hard bop tradition remains immense. Morgan's recordings demonstrate a brilliant talent whose full potential was never realized.
Lee Morgan vinyl records (9)
LEE MORGAN Take Twelve (1966 US issue of the 1962 6-track mono LP on the maroon Jazzland label also featuring Clifford Jordan on Tenor Barry Harris on Piano Bob Cranshaw on Bass & Louis Hayes on Drums pasted picture sleeve with tape reinforced edges. The sleeve shows a reasonable amount of shelfwear with a spot of paper loss to the front along with some light edgewear but is still less than is normally found
£56.00 used
LEE MORGAN Cornbread (2019 US limited edition 5-track remastered LP reissue of his 1967 album pressed on Audiophile quality 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl and released as part of the Blue Note Tone Poet Series - Recorded on 18th September1965 the album features performances by Morgan along with sidemen Herbie Hancock Billy Higgins Jackie McLean Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley
£83.99 used
LEE MORGAN Indeed. (2016 UK reissue of the 1956 6-track debut vinyl LP and featuring Horace Silver [piano] Clarence Sharpe [alto sax] Wilbur Ware [bass] and Philly Joe Jones [drums] picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork with sleevenotes and bonus 33-1/3 8-page booklet. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played)
£27.99 used
LEE MORGAN Taru (Blue Note Tone Poet Series 2024 limited edition 6-track stereo LP cut directly from the original analogue tapes mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed at RTI on 180-gram vinyl. Lee Morgan’s 1968 album Taru found the trumpeter at a crossroads exploring a variety of styles from modal jazz and post-bop to beautiful balladry and funky boogaloos
£36.99 new
LEE MORGAN The Gigolo (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series 2024 UK/EU limited edition 5-track stereo LP pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl at Optimal Media in Germany mastered from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio. Recorded over two dates that summer The Gigolo featured Morgan with a dynamic quintet comprised of Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone Harold Mabern on piano Bob Cranshaw on bass and Billy Higgins on drums
£29.99 new
LEE MORGAN The Rajah (2020 US limited edition 6-track LP pressed on audiophile quality 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl - Originally recorded for Blue Note in 1966 though never released at the time starring Hank Mobley Cedar Walton Paul Chambers & Billy Higgins now fully remastered from the original analogue tapes and part of the Tone Poet reissue series
£38.99 used
LEE MORGAN The Cooker (2020 US Tone Poet issue of the 1958 5-track LP pressed on audiophile quality 180gm Vinyl & also featuring Pepper Adams on Baritone Bobby Timmons on Piano Paul Chambers on Bass& Philly Joe Jones on Drums high quality glossy gatefold picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork & labels B0031577-01) Track Listing: 1
£67.00 used
LEE MORGAN Heres Lee Morgan (Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series 2025 limited edition 6-track LP. An essential hard-bop session from one of jazzs most dynamic trumpeters Heres Lee Morgan captures the young virtuosoin 1960 leading a top-tier quintet through a mix of burning originals and balladic introspection
£39.99 new
LEE MORGAN The Procrastinator (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series 2025 UK/EU 6-track LP mastered all-analog from the original master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearant Audio and pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at Optimal. Recorded in 1967 butleft unreleased until 1978 The Procrastinator is now recognised as one of Lee Morgans late-60s masterworks
£26.99 new