finetune artist: Lee Morgan

Along with Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan was one of the leading trumpeter/composers of the 1960s hard-bop era. His composition "The Sidewinder" is perhaps THE signature piece of the genre, and is practically the textbook definition of the "boogaloo" groove that became popular in the mid-'60s. Influenced by Clifford Brown, Morgan possessed fleet fingers and a robust tone, and his enormously influential approach utilized blues-based harmony, simple melodic motives, and funky, groove-oriented rhythms. The jazz world was robbed of an innovator when Morgan was shot dead by a jealous girlfriend in 1972.

Listen to Lee Morgan at Finetune.

(2007) Finest In Jazz
(2007) Search For The New Land (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2007) Volume 3 (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2007) Lee Morgan Sextet, Vol. 2 (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2007) Delightfulee (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2007) Indeed! (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2007) Candy (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(2006) The Gigolo
(2006) Music For Lovers
(2006) Tom Cat
(2006) The Cooker
(2006) City Lights
(2005) The Very Best
(2004) The Gigolo
(2004) The Sixth Sense
(2004) The Sixth Sense
(2004) Standards
(2004) Infinity
(2004) The Best Of Lee Morgan
(1999) The Sidewinder (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
(1999) The Rumproller
(1997) Charisma
(1996) Caramba
(1996) Live At The Lighthouse
(1995) The Procrastinator
(1990) Tom Cat
(1988) Search For The New Land
(1988) Cornbread
(1988) Candy
(1963) The Sidewinder

The Sidewinder
I Remember Clifford
You Go To My Head
Lover Man
The Sidewinder (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (1999 Digital Remaster)