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Lee Morgan

Real Name:
Lee Morgan
Profile:
b. July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d. February 19, 1972 in New York City, New York

Jazz trumpeter, mainly associated with hard bop, known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, as well as his 1963 album The Sidewinder. He was fatally shot in 1972.
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In Groups:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan Quintet
Variations:
All | Lee Morgan | L. Morgan | L.Morgan | Morgan
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Discography

Releases:
Indeed! (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1956
Candy (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 1957
Leeway (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1960
The Sidewinder (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Blue Note 1963
Search For The New Land (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Blue Note 1964
The Rumproller (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1965
Delightfulee (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1966
The Sixth Sense (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1967
Caramba (LP)   Blue Note 1968
Charisma (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note ... 1969
Lee Morgan (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note ... 1972
The Procrastinator ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note ... 1978
Sonic Boom (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1979
Taru ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 1980
Infinity (LP)   Blue Note 1981
The Gigolo (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 1989
Here's Lee Morgan (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Vee Jay Records 1993
Hank Mobley With Donald Byrd And Lee Morgan (CD, Album, RM, RE)   Toshiba EMI Ltd, Blue Note 1995
Introducing Lee Morgan (CD, Album, RM, Pap)   Savoy Jazz 1995
Expoobident (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas 1997
Blue Breakbeats ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 1998
Standards (CD, Album)   Blue Note 1998
The Last Session (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Blue Note 1998
City Lights (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 2006
The Cooker (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 2006
Tom Cat (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 2006
Essential Blue - The Classic Of Lee Morgan - Compilation By Tatsuo Sunaga (CD, Album, Comp)   Blue Note 2007
Live At The Lighthouse (2xLP, Album)   Blue Note  
The Birdland Story (7", EP)   Roulette Records  
Appears On:
At Newport (LP, Album)   Verve Records 1957
Blue Train (Album) ◄ (19 versions)   Blue Note ... 1957
House Party (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1958
Moanin' (7")   Blue Note 1958
Moanin' (Album) ◄ (10 versions)   Blue Note ... 1958
Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud * Des Femmes Disparaissent ◄ (3 versions)   Mercury ... 1959
At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 1 (LP, Mono, Mic)   Blue Note 1959
At The Jazz Corner Of The World Vol. 2 (LP, Mono, Mic)   Blue Note 1959
Et Les Jazz-Messengers Plus Kenny Clarke Au Club St. Germain Vol.1 (LP, Vol)   RCA Records 1959
Et Les Jazz-Messengers Plus Kenny Clarke Au Club St. Germain Vol.2 (LP, Vol)   RCA Records 1959
Et Les Jazz-Messengers Plus Kenny Clarke Au Club St. Germain Vol.3 (LP, Vol)   RCA Records 1959
Jazz On The Screen (LP, Mono)   Fontana, Fontana 1959
Sliding Easy (LP, Mono)   United Artists Records 1959
The Sermon (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Blue Note ... 1959
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Fontana ... 1960
Like Someone In Love (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1960
The Big Beat (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1960
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ◄ (2 versions)   Impulse! 1961
The Freedom Rider (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Petty Larceny, Blue Lace Blue Note 1961
No Room For Squares (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1963
I/We Had A Ball ◄ (2 versions) Faith Limelight ... 1964
Indestructible (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1964
Night Dreamer (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Blue Note 1964
The Best Of (LP)   Vee Jay Records 1964
'S Make It (LP) 'S Make It, One For Ga... Limelight 1965
A Caddy For Daddy (LP, Mono, Mic)   Blue Note 1965
Dippin' (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1965
Soul Finger (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Soul Finger, Buh's Bossa Limelight ... 1965
Hold On, I'm Coming (LP)   Limelight 1966
Mode For Joe (Album) ◄ (7 versions) Free Wheelin' Blue Note 1966
Soul Cargo (LP) The Sidewinder Fat Fish Records 1966
A Mann & A Woman (LP, Album, Mono) Sidewinder Atlantic 1967
Tender Moments ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1967
Grass Roots (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Blue Note 1968
Love Bug ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 1969
Booty Butt / Sidewinder (7")   Tangerine Records 1971
Booty Butt / Sidewinder (7")   Tangerine Records 1971
Intensity (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Prestige ... 1972
Spirit Of The New Land (LP, Quad)   Black Jazz Records 1972
Charles III (LP, Album) Lowdown, Speedball Prestige 1973
Jacknife ◄ (2 versions) Soft Blue Blue Note 1975
The King Is Gone / Walking Through Georgia In The Rain (7") The King Is Gone GRT 1977
A Slice Of The Top (LP, Album)   Blue Note 1979
Confirmation (LP)   Blue Note 1979
Consequence (LP) Slumber Blue Note 1979
Burners (LP) Speedball, Will You St... Prestige 1980
Third Season (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Steppin' Stone Blue Note 1980
Africaine (LP)   Blue Note 1981
The Best Of Blue Note (2xLP, Album, Comp) Blue Train, Moanin', T... Blue Note 1985
A Night In Tunisia (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Blue Note 1987
A Sample Of Blue Notes (LP, Comp, Smplr) The Sermon, The Sidewi... EMI Records 1987
The Best Of Jimmy Smith (CD) The Sermon Blue Note 1988
Take Twelve (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Original Jazz Classics ... 1989
The Best Of Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (LP, Comp) Moanin´, Blues March,... Blue Note 1989
Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up) (12") The World Of Music (Li... Supreme Records (3) 1990
Blue Bossa (CD) Mira, Recado Bossa Nova Blue Note 1991
The Best Of Joe Henderson (CD) Mode For Joe Blue Note 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) That's All Verve Records 1991
Blues March (CD)   A Jazz Hour With 1992
GRP All-Star Big Band (CD, Album) The Sidewinder GRP 1992
Olympia - May 13, 1961 (2xCD, RM) Yama Trema, Trema 1992
Savoy Jazz Vol.1 (CD, Smplr) Hank's Shout, Hank's S... Savoy Records 1992
The Art Of Larry Young (CD, Album) Visions Blue Note 1992
Afro Blue (CD, Comp) The Man From Tanganyik... Blue Note 1993
Blue N' Groovy (CD) On Children, The Sidew... Blue Note, EMI 1993
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Masters 10 (CD, Comp) Manteca, Birks' Works Verve Records 1993
Paris Jazz Concert (2xCD)   RTE 1993
At The Jazz Corner Of The World (2xCD)   Blue Note 1994
Blues 'N Ballads (CD) Speedball BMG 1994
Jazzin' The Blues - 18 Cool Jazz Moods (CD, Comp) Whisper Not Music Club 1994
Essence Of Funk (CD, Album) Cornbread Hip Bop Essence 1995
Gazebo Blend - Starbucks Cool Notes Of Summer (CD, Smplr) Moanin Blue Note 1995
The Blue Note Years (CD)   Blue Note 1995
The Lost Grooves ◄ (2 versions) Hold On, I'm Comin' Blue Note 1995
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) I Remember Clifford Verve Records 1996
Blue Notables Vol.1: The Three Tenors - Titans Of The Tenor Sax (CD, Smplr) Blue Train Blue Note 1996
Blue Notables Vol.3 : Blue Note's Blue Blood - Modern Jazz Aristocrats (CD, Smplr) Moanin' Blue Note 1996
The Best Of Grant Green Vol. II (CD, Comp) Back Out Blue Note 1996
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (CD, RM, Ltd)   Savoy Jazz 1996
Blue Movies: Scoring For The Studios (CD, Comp, Mono) Midnight Cowboy Blue Note 1997
Jazz Profile No. 14 (CD) Blues After All Blue Note 1997
Jazz Profile: 13 - McCoy Tyner (CD, Comp) The High Priest Blue Note 1997
Roots Of Jazz Funk Volume One (CD) Moanin', The Sidewinder MVP 1997
The Instrumental History Of Jazz (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) Moanin' N2K Encoded Jazz 1997
This Is Jazz (CD, Album) Moanin', I Remember Cl... Columbia 1997
Afro Blue Vol.2/The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz (CD, Comp) Black Nile, Zambia, Za... Blue Note 1998
Blue Bossa - Cool Cuts From The Tropics - Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Eclipso Blue Note 1998
Blue Breakbeats (CD, Comp) Hot Rod, Love Bug Blue Note 1998
Cherry (CD, Album, RE) Speedball King Record 1998
Glamjazz (CD) Speedball, Khadija Hazelwood Records 1998
Drums Around The Corner (CD, Album) Lee's Tune Blue Note 1999
Messin' Around Present Root Down (2xLP, Album) The Sidewinder Universal Music (UK), Verve Records 1999
Pumping - A Flavour Of The Label (CD, Comp, Promo) Sidewinder Parlophone 1999
Roots & Herbs (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Blue Note 1999
Jazz & Cinéma Vol. 2 (CD)   Universal Music (France) 2000
Ken Burns Jazz (CD)   Verve Records 2000
Paris Jam Session (CD, RM) The Midget Universal Music (France) 2000
Scotch And Sofa - Blue Note Mix CD Vol. 2 (CD)   EMI Music (France) 2000
1958 Paris Olympia (CD, RM)   Universal Music (France) 2001
Jazz In Paris: Paris Jam Session (CD)   Verve Records 2001
Lift Every Voice (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Blue Note 2001
Jazzland Original Jazz Classics Sampler (CD, Smplr, RM) Take Twelve JAZZLAND 2002
Live In Japan 1961 (CD, Album)   Jazzaround 2002
Meet You At The Jazz Corner Of The World (2xCD, RM, RVG) What Know Blue Note 2002
Olympia, May 13th, 1961 (2xCD) Yama, Kozo's Waltz LaserLight Digital 2002
Mother Ship (CD, Copy Prot., Ltd)   Blue Note, Blue Note 2003
Untinted (Sources For Madlib's Shades Of Blue) (CD, Comp) Stormy Blue Note 2003
Blue Note Perfect Takes (CD + DVD) Mode For Joe Blue Note 2004
Funk Fantastique (CD, Comp) Funk Fantastique Prestige 2004
Think! (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 2005
Turning Point (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Blue Note 2005
Aangenaam... Jazz - Editie 2006 (2xCD, Comp) Sound Of The Underground STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion) 2006
Quicksand / Ceora (7") Ceora SHOUT! Productions 2006
Reality For The People (CD, Album) Ceora P-Vine Records 2006
Superdrummers! (CD, Comp, RM) The Hub Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Swinging The Big Band (CD, Comp, RM) I Never Has Seen Snow,... Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Best Of Impulse Records (CD) Alamode Impulse! 2006
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records (4xCD, Comp) Alamode Impulse! 2006
Live: The Authorized Bootleg (CD, Album) Ceora Concord Records 2007
Malcolm X (7", Ltd, RE, Red)   Randy's 2007
The Finest In Jazz (CD, Comp) Blues After All Blue Note 2007
Evolution (CD, Album, RM, RE, RVG)   Blue Note 2008
Blue Notables Vol.11 : Six Shades Of Blue Funk - Past, Present And Future Funk (CD, Smplr) The Sidewinder Blue Note  
Blues March (7")   Fontana  
Blues March (7", Single)   RCA  
El Sabio (CD, Album) Ceora Fania Records  
Greatest Hits (LP)   Blue Note  
Greatest Hits! (2xLP)   Blue Note  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 2 (LP) Things To Come Curcio  
Nouvelle Vague On CD (CD, Comp)   Philips  
The Freedom Rider (LP)   Blue Note  
Tracks Appear On:
Blue Note Sampler Vol.III (LP, Comp, Promo) Fathead Blue Note, United Artists Records 1980
The Best Of Blue Note (2xLP, Album, Comp) The Sidewinder Blue Note 1985
A Sample Of Blue Notes (LP, Comp, Smplr) The Sidewinder EMI Records 1987
Jazz Dance 1 (LP, Comp) Terrible T Atlantis (2) 1987
Ballads In Blue (CD) Since I Fell For You Blue Note 1991
Jazz Hot & Blue - Blue Note Pays The Music Of Cole Porter (CD, Comp) Just One Of Those Things Blue Note 1991
The Best Of Blue Note (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) The Sidewinder Blue Note ... 1991
Blue Berlin - Blue Note Plays The Music Of Irving Berlin (CD, Comp, Mono) Who Do You Love, I Hope Blue Note 1992
Savoy Jazz Vol.1 (CD, Smplr) Hank's Shout Savoy Records 1992
The Best Of Blue Note Vol. 2 (CD) The Rumproller Blue Note 1992
Afro Blue (CD, Comp) Mr Kenyatta Blue Note 1993
Blue N' Groovy (CD) The Sidewinder Blue Note, EMI 1993
Blue N' Groovy ◄ (2 versions) The Sidewinder Blue Note 1993
Blue Broadway - Show Tunes Blue Note Style (CD, Comp) Who Do You Love I Hope Blue Note 1994
Blue '60s - Blue Note Strikes A Radical Chord (CD) Psychedelic Blue Note 1995
In A Mellow Tone... (CD, Comp) Candy Blue Note 1995
The Best Jazz...Ever! (3xCD) The Sidewinder Circa Records Ltd. 1996
Blue 'N' Groovy Vol. 2 Mostly Modal (CD) Afreaka Blue Note 1997
Blue Movies: Scoring For The Studios (CD, Comp, Mono) Midnight Cowboy Blue Note 1997
Roots Of Jazz Funk Volume One (CD) The Sidewinder MVP 1997
Tribe Vibes Vol. 1 (2xLP) Absolution Strictly Breaks Records 1997
Afro Blue Vol.2/The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz (CD, Comp) Zambia Blue Note 1998
Blue Bossa - Cool Cuts From The Tropics - Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Eclipso Blue Note 1998
The Blue Series Sampler II (CD) Midnight Cowboy EMI Records 1998
The Very Best Of Jazz Moods (2xCass) The Sidewinder Telstar TV 1998
Brunch Time Jazz (CD) The Sidewinder Disky 1999
Deep Blue - The United States Of Mind (CD) Untitled Boogaloo Blue Note 1999
Diggin' On Blue (CD, Mixed) What Direction Are You... Toshiba EMI Ltd, Fabulous Records, Blue Note 1999
Diggin' On Blue (CD, Mixed) Sidewinder Toshiba EMI Ltd, Fabulous Records, Blue Note 1999
Diggin' On Blue (CD, Mixed) Absolutions Toshiba EMI Ltd, Fabulous Records, Blue Note 1999
Jazz Ballads For Easy Listening (CD) I Remember Clifford Disky 1999
Mad About The Boy: Smoochy Jazz & Blues For Lovers (Cass, Comp) I'm A Fool To Want You Prism Leisure 1999
Pumping - A Flavour Of The Label (CD, Comp, Promo) Sidewinder Parlophone 1999
The Best Blue Note Album In The World...Ever! (2xCD, Comp) The Sidewinder Blue Note 1999
The Blue Note Years: Hard Bop And Beyond 1963 - 1967 (2xCD, Comp) Speedball Blue Note 1999
The Blue Note Years: Organ And Soul 1956 - 1967 (2xCD, Comp) The Sidewinder Blue Note 1999
The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Message 1955 - 1960 (2xCD, Comp) I Remember Clifford Blue Note 1999
Scotch & Sofa (Blue Note Mix Tape Vol. 2) ◄ (2 versions) Neophilia Blue Note ... 2000
Jazzland Original Jazz Classics Sampler (CD, Smplr, RM) Take Twelve JAZZLAND 2002
Blue Note Trip - Goin' Down / Gettin' Up (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) The Sidewinder Blue Note 2004
Blue Note's Sidetracks Vol. 5 - Out Of The Blue ◄ (2 versions) Introduction EMI Music (Belgium) 2004
Midnight Jazz (2xCD) A Baby's Smile EMI Records 2004
The Best Latin Jazz Album In The World...Ever! (2xCD) Caramba EMI Records 2004
Blue Note A Story Of Jazz (3xCD, Comp) The Sidewinder Blue Note 2005
Blue Note Trip (Lookin' Back / Movin' On) (2xCD, Mixed) Afreaka Blue Note 2005
Blue Note Trip - Jazzanova (2xCD) Afreaka Blue Note 2005
Blue Note Trip - Jazzanova - Lookin' Back ◄ (2 versions) Afreaka Blue Note 2005
Nova En 25 CD (La Boite Bleue) (25xCD, Comp + Box) The Sidewinder, Terrib... Nova Records 2008
Jazz Signatures Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) The Sidewinder EMI Music Special Markets, Starbucks Entertainment 2009
All In A Mornings Work (12") Speedball, Speedball Not On Label  
Blue Notables Vol.11 : Six Shades Of Blue Funk - Past, Present And Future Funk (CD, Smplr) The Sidewinder Blue Note  
Little Sunflower / Cubano Chant / Cornbread (10") Cornbread Hip Bop Essence  
The Blue Series - A Taster Exclusively For Jazzwise (CD, Comp, Promo) Midnight Cowboy Blue Note  
The Soul Of Jazz (LP) The Sidewinder Blue Note  
Unofficial Releases:
Nuggets Of Funk Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) Untitled Boogaloo Not On Label  
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