Vol. 3 [Remaster]

Performer: Lee Morgan (Trumpet)
Producer: Alfred Lion
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone), Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Charlie Persip (drums). Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone); Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass guitar); Chalrie Persip (drums). Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder. This 1957 session from trumpeter Lee Morgan, which dates among his earliest recordings for Blue Note, is an excellent post-bop album. The compositions by Benny Golson (who also plays tenor on the date) are streamlined and accessible, yet are still complex and full of challenging ideas. Morgan shows off his nimble technique, and is ably assisted by Gigi Gryce on alto, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Charlie Persip on drums. The CD reissue of this solid disc, complete with Rudy Van Gelder remastering, is very welcome.

Along with Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan was one of the leading trumpeter/composers of the 1960s hard-bop era. His composition "The Sidewinder" is perhaps THE signature piece of the genre, and is practically the textbook definition of the "boogaloo" groove that became popular in the mid-'60s. Influenced by Clifford Brown, Morgan possessed fleet fingers and a robust tone, and his enormously influential approach utilized blues-based harmony, simple melodic motives, and funky, groove-oriented rhythms. The jazz world was robbed of an innovator when Morgan was shot dead by a jealous girlfriend in 1972.

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