Artist
Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan is a jazz artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 49 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Best jazz albums
- 49
- Releases
- 1956–2024
- Active years
Artist
Lee Morgan is a jazz artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 49 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Best jazz albums
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Volume 3
1957
The Procrastinator
1995
The Gigolo
1966
Charisma
1969
Infinity
1998
The Rumproller
1965
The Rajah
1966
City Lights
1957
Delightfulee
1966
Expoobident
1960
Dizzy Atmosphere
1991
Leeway
1960
Peckin' Time
1958
Take Twelve
2024
The Complete Live At The Lighthouse
2021
Lee Morgan
2020
The Birth Of Hard Bop
2019
The Sidewinder (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
2016
Search For The New Land (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2000 Remastered)
2015
Taru
2015
Candy
2014
Here's Lee Morgan (Bonus Track Version)
2014
The Cooker
2013
Lee Morgan Sextet
2012
Lee-Way (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / 2002 Remaster)
2011
The Young Lions
2011
Double or Nothin'
2010
Sonic Boom
2009
Blue Break Beats
2009
Finest In Jazz
2007
Tom Cat
2006
Music For Lovers
2005
The Very Best
2005
The Sixth Sense
2004
Jazz Profile: Lee Morgan
2003
Hank Mobley Sextet
1999
The Last Session
1998
The Last Sessions
1998
Standards
1998
Live At The Lighthouse
1996
Caramba
1996
essence hip bop
1995
The Best Of Lee Morgan
1988
Cornbread
1988
Search for the New Land
1964
The Sidewinder
1963
Indeed!
1956
Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 19, 1972, New York City) was an American hard bop trumpeter. Edward Lee Morgan was born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1938, the youngest of Otto Ricardo and Nettie Beatrice Morgan's four children. A leading trumpeter and composer, he recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972. Originally interested in the vibraphone, he soon showed a growing enthusiasm for the trumpet. Morgan also knew how to play the alto saxophone. On his thirteenth birthday, his sister Ernestine gave him his first trumpet. His primary stylistic influence was Clifford Brown, who gave the teenager a few lessons before he joined the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band at 18, and remained a member for a year and a half, until the economic situation forced Dizzy to disband the unit in 1958. He began recording for Blue Note Records in 1956, eventually recording 25 albums as a leader for the company, with more than 250 musicians. He also recorded on the Vee-Jay label and one album for Riverside Records on its short-lived Jazzland subsidiary. He was a featured sideman on several early Hank Mobley records, as well as on John Col…
