Fav Lee Morgan Mosaic Set

[Soulstation1]

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Edited April 18, 2003 by Soulstation1

[BeBop]

Lee's own set is my favorite. I've always liked his early stuff best. (I suppose I could say that of almost every musician...but that's the makings of another thread - early or late career.)

[JohnS]

My views entirely BeBop. I love early Lee Morgan, early Byrd too. All that youthful enthusiasm.

[BFrank]

GOT to be the Blakey set for me. There's SO much good music there.

[sidewinder]

The 50s set by a gnat's whisker - but really Lee's playing throughout the Blakey set is just as phenomenal. Haven't heard the VeeJay material yet ...

[Brad]

Love both the Blakey set and the Lee 50s set, especially some of his work with Benny Golson. Reggie from Chester is a classic for me. The book from the 50s set is also phenomenal. In talking about these sets, it's like saying one is best and one is bestest.

[Jazzmoose]

I'll pass on voting; I only have the '50s set. But I'm sure I'll get the Morgan/Shorter set before "last chance" rears it's ugly head. (Gad, I always hated that cliche!)

[jazzbo]

Has to be the Messenger set. My favorite work of Lee and Wayne.

[Roundsound]

I vote for the Moran as well. The Morgan set has the variety of different settings. My favs are the set with Pepper Adams and Philly Joe as well as Candy. Also there is the variety of drummers lending different flavors. Curiously is the bringing in of Golson and Gryce on the earliest sessions. While Lee Morgan brought in Golson (or vice versa) it also shows the respect Alfred Lion gave to Golson and Gryce to lend some sheen to the teenager's product. Of course there is Lee being up to the job with these charts. Also you got Timmons in early Blue Note form.

The Blakey set is of course strong. What can you say with that dream lineup. To have that amount of session work in so short of time with the troika of writers was fantastic and rarely equaled.

[doubleM]

I chose the Blakey. Not a no-brainer at all, though. On some of the very early Morgan I sometimes think that his "fire" outweighed his variety w/r/t phrasing, ideas, etc.. This isn't to say that he's not my favorite trumpet player from that era. He ruled.