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Edward Lee Morgan
Born July 10, 1938(1938-07-10)
Origin Flag of the United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died February 19, 1972 (aged 33)
Genre(s) Bebop, hard bop
Instrument(s) Trumpet
Label(s) Blue Note Records

Lee Morgan (10 July 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 19 February 1972 in New York City) was an American hard bop trumpeter. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Bebop or bop is a form of Jazz characterized by fast Tempos and Improvisation based on Harmonic structure rather than Melody Hard bop is a style of Jazz that is an extension of Bebop (or "bop" music A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Hard bop is a style of Jazz that is an extension of Bebop (or "bop" music [1]

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Biography

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, first picking up the trumpet on about the age of thirteen or so, after developing an interest in the vibraphone. On his 13th or 14th birthday, Morgan was given his first trumpet, his sister Ernestine (his elder by ten years) and mother having bought it together. He joined the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, and remained a member for eighteen months, until Gillespie was forced to disband in 1958. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eventually, he recorded 25 albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had some lessons from Brown before his premature death. Clifford Brown ( October 30, 1930 &ndash June 26, 1956) aka " Brownie," was an influential and highly rated

He was also a featured sideman on several early Hank Mobley records, as well as John Coltrane's Blue Train. Henry (Hank Mobley ( July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American Hard bop and Soul jazz tenor Saxophonist Blue Train is a Jazz album by John Coltrane, released in 1957 (see 1957 in music. On the latter LP, he even played a bent-up horn (like the style that Gillespie made famous), and recorded one of the all-time great improvised trumpet solos on the title track. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter

Joining Art Blakey's's Jazz Messengers in 1958 further developed his talent as a soloist and songwriter. Arthur (Art Blakey ( October 11 1919 &ndash October 16 1990) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Arthur (Art Blakey ( October 11 1919 &ndash October 16 1990) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both He toured with Blakey for a few years, and was featured on Moanin', which is probably Blakey's best known recording. Moanin is a Jazz Album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1958 According to the biography by Tom Pechard, it was Blakey who started Morgan on his addiction to heroin, which was to blight most of his career. When Benny Golson left the Jazz Messengers, Morgan persuaded Blakey to hire Wayne Shorter, a young tenor saxophonist, to fill the chair. Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American Bebop / Hard bop Jazz tenor Saxophonist, Composer Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American Jazz Composer and Saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s This classic version of the Jazz Messengers, including Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt, would record the classic The Freedom Rider album. Robert Henry "Bobby" Timmons (Born December 19, 1935 in Philadelphia - Died March 1, 1974 in New York City) Jymie Merritt (born 3 May, 1926) is an American Hard bop Double-bassist, and a father of a bassist Mike Merritt, The drug problems of Morgan and Timmons led to Blakey sacking them in 1961, and Morgan was largely inactive professionally for about two years, returning to his family in Philadelphia.

Morgan tried to move in to the more advanced areas of the music in the early 1960s. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 In November 1963 he played on Grachan Moncur III's essentially avant-garde Evolution album (apparently his favorite work), and experimenting on some of his own recordings, such as the title track of Search for the New Land (1964). Grachan Moncur III (born June 3, 1937) is an American Jazz Trombonist. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.

But the popularity of his famous album, The Sidewinder, featuring Joe Henderson, precluded his career developing in this way. Joe Henderson ( April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist.

The title track of that record cracked the pop charts in 1964, and served as the background theme for Chrysler commercials during the World Series. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. This was done without Morgan's consent and it is thought by Pechard that the intercession of Blue Note's lawyers were enough for the commercial to be withdrawn. The Sidewinder's crossover success in a rapidly changing pop music market caused Blue Note to rush the track's "Boogaloo" sound to stores. Boogaloo or Bugalu ( shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and Dance that was very popular in the United States in This is evidenced in the mid-1960s output of many Blue Note stars, including Morgan, and some of the lesser artists in the stable, releasing albums with modified and rhythmically punchy blues tracks, such as "Yes I Can, No You Can't" on Morgan's own The Gigolo. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 According to drummer Billy Hart, Morgan said he had recorded "Sidewinder" as filler for the album, and was upset that it had turned into his first hit. The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone.

In 1964, Morgan rejoined the Jazz Messengers after his successor Freddie Hubbard departed. Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American Jazz Trumpeter. At this point, the Jazz Messengers had become a sextet, with the addition of Curtis Fuller to the group. A sextet is a formation containing exactly six members It is commonly associated with vocal or musical instrument groups but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related Curtis DuBois Fuller (born in Detroit, December 15, 1934) is a United States Hard bop trombonist.

Alongside this commercial success, Morgan continued to record prolifically, producing such works as Search For the New Land which reached the top 20 of the R&B charts. His work became increasingly more modal and free towards the end of the sixties. He had begun to lead his own group, featuring Bennie Maupin as a multi-reedist. Bennie Maupin (born 29 August 1940) is a Detroit Jazz Multireedist.

By 1965, Morgan's addiction had returned, and (according to Nat Hentoff's book, Jazz Masters of the 50s) Blakey felt he was unable to use him anymore. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Nat Hentoff (born June 10, 1925) is an American Historian, Novelist, Jazz Critic, and Columnist for Billy Hart says that things deteriorated to the point where Morgan was sleeping on pool tables, and didn't even have a horn, let alone a working band. He borrowed a horn for the recording of Night of the Cookers, in which he sat in with Freddie Hubbard's band at a live gig in New York. The recording captures some of Morgan's weakest playing. Helen More, who became his girlfriend and later his common-law wife, helped Morgan clean up his act. Common law refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive He eventually put together a working band and re-established himself. Live at the Lighthouse, recorded over three nights of a two-week stand at Hermosa Beach, California in July, 1970, captures some very strong playing by Morgan and his band. Hermosa Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A three-disc box set of the performances has been issued in recent years.

Lee Morgan was shot by Helen More following an argument between sets at Slug's, a popular New York City jazz club. The City of New York According to an interview with drummer Billy Hart, Morgan had gotten into a dispute with a drug dealer, after buying a large amount of cocaine. The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant He called More and asked her to bring his gun to him at the club. A gun is a particular Weapon that propels Projectiles The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. More showed up, and spotted him with another woman, who Morgan was planning to leave More for. An argument erupted, and Morgan kicked More out of the club. When she returned to retrieve her coat (which she had forgotten), Morgan got into a scuffle with her, and the gun went off. An ambulance was late in showing up, and Morgan bled to death. An ambulance is a Vehicle for transporting sick or injured people to from or between places of treatment for an Illness or Injury. More was judged to be insane at the time of the shooting. Traditionally insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and may become a danger to himself and others

A biography by Tom Perchard, Lee Morgan: His Life, Music and Culture, was published by Equinox in 2006. Tom Perchard (born 1976 Canterbury, United Kingdom) is a writer and Musicologist.

Discography

As Leader

As sideman

With Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
With John Coltrane
With Johnny Griffin
With Hank Mobley
With Jimmy Smith
With Wayne Shorter
With Andrew Hill
With Jackie McLean
With Grachan Moncur III
With Jack Wilson

References

  1. ^ allmusic ((( Lee Morgan > Overview )))

External links

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