September 2019

Lee Morgan: The Rumproller – Jazz Journal

On: September 27, 2019

Rumprollerhere in a new vinyl reissue, was the sequel to Lee Morgan’s 1963 hit album The Sidewinder. Sidewinder actually reached number 35 in Billboard‘s Top 100 and Blue Note could barely keep up with the demand. It became his best-selling LP and Sidewinder was usedRead More →

How Lee Morgan Became Blue Note’s Sexiest Young Star

By: Margaret J. Faulkner

On: September 26, 2019

In: Lee morgan

Lee Morgan hadn’t even turned 20 when he ventured into Rudy Van Gelder’s recording studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on September 29, 1957, to record The Cook. Born in Philadelphia, Morgan (1938-1972) was a trumpeter prodigy who idolized Clifford Brown (the innovative hard bop horn blower who had died inRead More →