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Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer.
Oct 11, 2021 · In his short but eventful life, trumpeter Lee Morgan rocketed to the highest echelons of jazz in double-quick time – playing with and Art Blakey as a teenager and recording with John Coltrane. Stuart Nicholson dives deep into the difficult truths behind this most mercurial of jazz musicians and assesses his legacy today
Jan 21, 2012 · Album: The Sidewinder Year: 1963 Label: Blue Note Lee Morgan - trumpet Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone Billy Higgins - drums Barry Harris - piano Bob Cranshaw - bass.
Jul 6, 2024 · Lee Morgan was an American jazz improviser-songwriter, a lyric artist, who was the most expressive trumpet virtuoso of the bop idiom and one of its most popular performers. A prolific composer, he used half-modal, half-chord-based harmonic structures.
From dwelling in the depths of despairing obscurity to being the celebrated champion of a new style of jazz, trumpeter Lee Morgan paved the way for the popularity of the 60s soul-jazz phenomenon with his catchy 10-minute gem, “The Sidewinder.”
Jan 18, 2024 · The tragic life of legendary jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan: Homicide, Substance abuse, Infidelity. In his short but eventful life, jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan rocketed to the highest echelons of...
Lee Morgan. One of hard bop's greatest figures, a trumpeter whose blistering, acrobatic forays were nicely contrasted by equally lyrical, sensitive ballad solos. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 1970s. Born. July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA. Died.
Edward Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late...
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Mar 13, 2024 · Lee 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.
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