Lee Morgan
Friday 11 July 2008 22:30-23:30 (Radio 3)
Alyn Shipton and biographer Tom Perchard select the finest records by the late trumpeter Lee Morgan, to sit alongside his key recording The Sidewinder, a disc which transformed both his own fortunes and those of his record company. Morgan would have celebrated his 70th birthday this week had he not been shot dead by his girlfriend in 1972.
Playlist
DISC 1
Title: Little T
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: D Byrd
Album: Lee Morgan Indeed!
Label: Blue Note (Japanese Import)
Number: 1538 Track 4
Personnel: Lee Morgan, t; Clarence Sharpe, as; Horace Silver, p; Wilbur Ware, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. November 4, 1956,
DISC 2
Title: A Night in Tunisia
Artist: Lee Morgan / Dizzy Gillespie
Composer: D Gillespie
Album: Those Dizzy Days
Label: Lonehill
Number: 10107 Track 2
Personnel: Lee Morgan withy Dizzy Gillespie big band. Personnel includes Wynton Kelly, p; Benny Golson, ts.
DISC 3
Title: Lover Man
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: R Ramirez
Album: The Cooker
Label: Blue Note
Number: 62643 Track
Personnel: Personnel: Lee Morgan, t; Pepper Adams, bar; Bobby Timmons, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. Rec 1957.
DISC 4
Title: Moanin'
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composer: B Timmons
Album: Moanin'
Label: Blue Note
Number: 95324 Track 1
Personnel: Lee Morgan, t; Benny Golson, ts; Bobby Timmons, p; Jymie Merritt, b; Art Blakey, d. 30 Oct 1958.
DISC 5
Title: Dat Dere
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composer: B Timmons
Album: The Big Beat
Label: Blue Note
Number: 63800 Track 4
Personnel: as above but Wayne Shorter replaces Golson. Rec 1960.
DISC 6
Title: Mastermind
Artist: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Composer: W Shorter
Album: Roots and Herbs
Label: Blue Note
Number: 21956 Track 6
Personnel: as above 18 Feb 1961.
DISC 7
Title: The Sidewinder
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: L Morgan
Album: The Sidewinder
Label: Blue Note
Number: 95332 Track 1
Personnel: Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). December 21, 1963
DISC 8
Title: Mr Kenyatta
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: L Morgan
Album: Search for the New Land
Label: Blue Note
Number: 91986 Track 3
Personnel: LM, t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Grant Green, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Reggie Workman, b; Billy Higgins, d. 15 Feb 1964.
DISC 9
Title: Cornbread
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: L Morgan
Album: Cornbread
Label: Blue Note
Number: 84222 Track 1
Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Herbie Hancock (piano); Larry Ridley (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). September 18, 1965.
DISC 10
Title: Solar
Artist: Lee Morgan-Clifford Jordan Quintet
Composer: "M Davis"
Album: Live in Baltimore 1968
Label: Fresh Sound
Number: 1037 Track 4
Personnel: Lee Morgan (tp), Clifford Jordan (ts), John Hicks (p), Reggie Workman (b), Ed Blackwell (d), 1968
DISC11
Title: Mr Johnson
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: H Mabern
Album: Sonic Boom
Label: Blue Note
Number: 90414 Track 9
Personnel: Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Julian Priester (trombone); Harold Mabern (piano); Walter Booker (bass); Mickey Roker (drums) September 12 and October 10, 1969
DISC 12
Title: Capra Black
Artist: Lee Morgan
Composer: B Harper
Album: The Last Session
Label: Blue Note
Number: 93401 Track 1
Personnel: Lee Morgan: trumpet, flugelhorn; Grachan Moncur III: trombone; Bobbi Humphrey: flute; Billy Harper: tenor saxophone, alto flute; Harold Mabern: piano, electric piano; Jymie Merritt: electric bass; Reggie Workman: bass, percussion; Freddy Waits: drums, recorder.
