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Lee Morgan
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The trumpeter Lee Morgan, from Philadelphia, was taught as a teenager by Clifford Brown, his great role model. At eighteen he played in Dizzy Gillespie's big band and made his first records for Blue Note. He also played on John Coltrane's Blue Train. From 1958 to 1961 he was the trumpeter of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. His playing was fiery, playful and full of blues phrases. In 1963 he recorded The Sidewinder, whose title track became a kind of jazz dance number; the album was one of Blue Note's best-selling records. In February 1972 he was shot dead between two sets in a New York club by his partner Helen Morgan.
Listening
The Sidewinder · Lee Morgan, 1963
Ceora · Lee Morgan, 1965
Search for the New Land · Lee Morgan, 1964
Discography
Studio albums
- 1957Candy
- 1957City Lights
- 1957Dizzy Atmosphere
- 1957Double or Nothin'
- 1957Indeed!
- 1957Introducing Lee Morgan
- 1957Vol. 3
- 1957Volume 2, Sextet
- 1958Peckin’ Time
- 1958The Cooker
- 1960Expoobident
- 1960Here's Lee Morgan
- 1960Leeway
- 1964Search for the New Land
- 1964The Sidewinder
- 1965Cornbread
- 1965The Rumproller
- 1966Delightfulee
- 1966The Gigolo
- 1966The Rajah
- 1967Standards
- 1968!Caramba!
- 1969Charisma
- 1969The Sixth Sense
- 1972Introducing Lee Morgan
- 1972The Last Session
- 1978The Procrastinator
- 1979Sonic Boom
- 1980See Autumn
- 1980Taru
- 1980Tom Cat
- 1981Infinity
- 1989Hank's Shout
- 2025The Last Bop, Lee Morgan Archives
Other work
- 1958Moanin' · Art Blakey
In School of Rock
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