|
Offer Price: £7.99
Add to basket
Track Listing:
Moanin’ / Along Came Betty / I Remember Clifford / Whisper Not / A Night In Tunisia
Lee Morgan was a jazz prodigy. He was born in Philadelphia on 10th July 1938 and died in New York City on 19th of February 1972. He studied trumpet and alto horn at Mastbaum High School in his home town and in his teens became familiar with the dynamic jazz scene there - one which spawned such jazz icons as the Heath Bros, Benny Golson, Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Philly Joe Jones and many others-including one John Coltrane.
This very hot edition of the Messengers rarely recorded commercially and it is gratifying that this moment of jazz history was captured so well in the Dutch North Sea resort of Scheveningen. It leaned heavily on the Benny Golson library (three of his compositions are performed here) and featured the incisive, leaping trumpet of Lee Morgan at the height of his powers. One of Golson's pieces, the classic I remember Clifford (written as a tribute to the late great Clifford Brown- former Messenger and jazz giant) is played here by Lee with fitting panache and humility as Clifford was Lee's mentor since their early contacts at the Music City club in Philly.
|
|
Offer Price: £7.99
Add to basket
Track Listing:
Groovin’ High / Tin Tin Deo / Jessica’s Day / Yesterdays / Cool Breeze / Dizzy’s Blues / A Night In Tunisia / Stella By Starlight / Doodlin’ / Tangorine / Whisper Not / Groovin’ For Nat
Personnel:
Tracks 1 – 5: Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Gordon, Ermet Perry, Carl Warwick, Quincy Jones (trumpets); Melba Liston, Frank Rehak, Rodlevitt (trombones); Phil Woods, Jimmy Powell (alto saxophones); Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophones); Marty Flax, (baritone saxophone); Walter Bishop (piano); Nelson Boyd (bass) Charlie Persip (drums); Track 6 – 12: As above but Ernie Henry (alto saxophone) replaces Jimmy Powell and Ernie Wilkins (tenor saxophone) replaces Benny Golson.
In 1956 Politician, Adam Clayton Powell convinced President Dwight D. Eisenhower that the moment was right for a jazz tour of Africa, the Near East and Asia. And this was led by Dizzy Gillespie.
Throughout this whole set, the jazz is magnificent and the principal can be heard at his masterful best. The bonus is that he is surrounded by such very special sidemen.
|
