bertrand Posted February 6, 2013 Report Posted February 6, 2013 I hear some Bitches Brew in Mother Ship, but I have abandoned any hope of ever confirming my hunch that Larry Young gave Miles a tape of his then-unissued album. Bertrand. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted February 6, 2013 Report Posted February 6, 2013 Lee Morgan fans should read the fairly recent biography of him. i just finished reading it a few days ago. It was very interesting. Delightfulee : The Life and Music of Lee Morgan by Jeffrey S. McMillan Quote
JSngry Posted February 6, 2013 Report Posted February 6, 2013 Cornbread & Dippin' are the apotheosis of that. Of what? Of that. THAT. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 Lee Morgan had a THING goin' on, and if you like that thing he did it in all kinda different contexts. I do, moreso than Freddie or donald or Blue or any other trumpet player save maybe Miles and brownie and Louis. Sometimes I think of him as a modernist Cootie Williams, but that's probably unfair to Lee and Cootie (and bubber Miley). Lee + Hank + Billy Higgins is groovalicious, but I'm glad there are other flavours too. Had his good and bad days, but who don't? Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?!It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?!It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?!It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?! Quote
JSngry Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?! It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?! It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?! It's Lee fuckin' Morgan! What the hell are we talking about?! Pretty much, yeah. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 For me, Live at the Lighthouse, "Search For the New Land", all the Blakey stuff, Grachan Moncur. Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 I added the fourth line for emphasis. Quote
RayB Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 I've only been appreciating "Lee Morgan" for about the last 18 months. I put the name in quotes because I always loved the blazing work with the Jazz Messengers, but it's only recently that Morgan has really entered my consiousness. Bit like Joe Henderson, another great who I suppose I took for granted but who's albums I am now buying with increasing regularity. Quote
BFrank Posted February 15, 2014 Report Posted February 15, 2014 50th Anniversary of this session today. One of the greats! Quote
RiRiIII Posted February 15, 2014 Report Posted February 15, 2014 I think the first recording of Golson's Whisper Not: Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Charisma is my AAA#1 favorite Quote
JSngry Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Charisma is my AAA#1 favorite Side Two, yes, much mojo indeed. Have you given The Sixth Sense time to work its magic? Quote
xybert Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 I'm definitely stating the obvious here but it's crazy that he was only 33 when he died in 1972. Crazy for the amount that he did in his short life and for the fact that he still had his whole life ahead of him. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Probably the most eye-opening Lee date -- for me -- was Larry Young's "Mothership". Some really amazing playing! ...and not just because of the context (for me, Young's most progressive date), but Lee really steps up. Hadn't ever thought of this before, but I sure wish Lee had recoded on a Tyrone Washington leader date. At least we do have him on Hill's "Grass Roots" and "Lift Every Voice" -- the later being probably the more interesting (for me) Quote
Leeway Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 If no one is going to post this, I guess I'll have to: Always love those Lee & Jackie McLean match-ups Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Infinity is my favorite Lee/Jackie pairing, and (IMHO)!maybe the finest straight hard-bop date with Lee's name on the spine. Quote
ArtSalt Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 I'm definitely stating the obvious here but it's crazy that he was only 33 when he died in 1972. Crazy for the amount that he did in his short life and for the fact that he still had his whole life ahead of him. Aye, taking the unfortunate albums out of his canon where the intent was to recreate The Sidewinder, as both leader and sideman, Morgan had a very impressive body of work. If no one is going to post this, I guess I'll have to: Always love those Lee & Jackie McLean match-ups Including the most masterful Morgan original The Lion And The Wolff. Quote
Guy Berger Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 Charisma is my AAA#1 favorite Side Two, yes, much mojo indeed. Have you given The Sixth Sense time to work its magic? I started exploring a bunch of those mid/late 60s albums over the past few years. I probably haven't given them all the attention they deserve, but they generally range from "good" to "excellent". If somebody is worried (like I was) that it's just "generic BN hard bop", those concerns should be (mostly) set aside. Quote
xybert Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 If no one is going to post this, I guess I'll have to: Always love those Lee & Jackie McLean match-ups Ha ha, the funny thing is i just picked this album up a couple of weeks ago and have been really enjoying it but was too lazy to post it. Not an album i would have dug a couple of years ago but my tastes have really mutated. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 16, 2014 Report Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Infinity is my favorite Lee/Jackie pairing, and (IMHO)!maybe the finest straight hard-bop date with Lee's name on the spine. I'd put Jackie's "Consequences" a bit ahead for the pairing. Edited February 16, 2014 by Chuck Nessa Quote
Robs Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Live at the Lighthouse might be my fav Lee Morgan and opened me to a very different side of him after having first heard his long string of hard boppish, occasionally formulaic Blue Notes of the 60s. His final detour from Blue Note to my knowledge and one of my favorites that I haven't seen mentioned here is Take Twelve. Killer front line of Lee and Clifford Jordan. I highly recommend it. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Taste is a highly personal thing. Live at the Lighthouse is perhaps one of the very few albums by Lee Morgan that I did not like. I disposed of my copy a while back. Quote
ArtSalt Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Funny you should say that, I have similar experience of the Lighthouse gig and after the positive comments here I am gearing up to listen to it again..... Quote
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