Jeremy McGuire I had no idea how Lee Morgan was until I saw the documentary, "I called him Morgan." It's like trying a new flavor in my ears. I'm glad you saw it and enjoyed it as much as I did too.

I heard this song on the documentary as well, I had to search for it on KZfaq. Truly an inspiring song.

brandon poindexter, I had already known Lee's story but I was shocked with the documentary anyway. whatta beautiful soul and talent, whatta fate! to blow one's mind!

I just saw his documentary as well. I totally agree about this musical piece being the backdrop for the film. It’s eery and deep, and it affected me greatly. I was so moved. So sad that his life was cut short at such a young age.

can you believe it, Cal V Thomas, a while ago when I received the notification about your reply, I was with a friend on fb commenting exactly on Morgan's talent and death??? omg, I got goosebumps now! I'm reading his bio by Jeffrey S. McMillan, "DelightfuLee" and I get miserable reading it, I mean, Lee could have done so much more, he was so absurdly talented and full of life, oh gosh! I suffer with all that story, I do suffer. he was adorable. what a loss for us all! I suffer for Lee, for Wes, for Clifford, Bill, Chet, Bird, LaFaro, Desmond... all those cats oh Lord, I suffer. they were supposed to live much more than any mere mortal.

Tyrone, you really got to hear music well outside of The Lighthouse - I came there a little later on, but as long as you were cool they'd let you listen outside if you weren't old enough to get it.

..tragic story..however when his lady finally spoke after many years of silence..you understand

I got a copy of 'The Gigolo' when I was 17, not long after he was killed. It completely changed my approach to the trumpet, which I have followed to this day. His lyricism, and his writing were incredible, and every time I pick up my horn I do what I can to channel Lee Morgan.

@@wel722 lee in 66..67 and his last one with bobby humphrey on flute .. billy harper sax. mabern piano ..merritt bass roker drums

Had the same type of teacher at Centennial, same time frame!

Well, jazz was not dead in the 1960s! It was going through an evolution, granted. But dead, no way! Duke Ellington and Count Basie were still alive. John Coltrane created a tidal shift in the art form, while Charles Mingus was creating music and dealing with some serious housing issues. Less McCann and Eddie Harris were stirring up crowds at home and abroad. Miles Davis was leading one of his great ensembles, one that included both Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. I do remember Lee Morgan being concerned about the fact that jazz was not receiving the public acclaim it deserved. I recall reading something about him and a few other musicians (the still-living tenor saxophonist Billy Harper could have been one of them) crashing the studio of WNET, the public broadcasting station in New York City, and demanding airtime. It was like the early ACT-UP people with the AIDS movement demanding airtime, but 10 or so years earlier. I also remember Dr. Billy Taylor creating Jazzmobile in the 1960s to bring jazz to public school children in New York City. I was in the third grade when he performed with Frank Wess and other musicians. Some of us would grow to enjoy hard bop, modal jazz, avant garde jazz, Latin jazz, and the big band era.

amen!

Lee Morgan didn't sit on the stage with kazz legends, he was a jazz legend! A virtuosic musician. One of the best, if not the best, jazz trumpeters of all time.

I mean the line up on this album, at the top of their game and all of them were really young, in their 20s, Herbie, Wayne Shorter, Grant Green (and I'm not a guitar fan, lol) are in rare form. Billy Higgins on the drums. All masters.

@@gailgentry1963 Billy Higgins one of the few musicians to bridge the gap among bebop, bop, and free.

This is Blue Notes A List... Dream Team

Nikita Thomas yes indeed

It's up to 57 now, and they are all pathetic.

There may be the people who don't like the album for whatever reason, but take at a positive angle and look at the people who do.

EVERYTHING!

They don't know or understand real Jazz, forgive them for they are confused !!!!!!!!

We were the Aboriginals of North America btw

Another great tune he did is: "You Go to My Head". . . (IMO)

they called it black classical music...they never liked the word jazz.

Black classical indeed

@@michellewind8097Who is this “they”?

😂tin ears indeed

People who don't like this aren't true Jazz music lovers. They are the ones who think Kenny G. is jazz.

Tin ears and perhap no soul.

Remember, there are people on KZfaq so depressed all they do is that, so dont mind those, vibe with the music.

@@nysaxman Lmao

North Buster ...Thank God!!! However, many of them are.

Marry me Shelby Lewis! I couldn't agree more.

Hard to believe I once had this in vinyl and my mom wanted me to throw it away! Thankfully one of my brothers kept it and a bunch of other Atlantic, Blue Note, Impulse, Milestone, and Prestige records! A collection that hopefully one day will end up at LIncoln Center, the Schomberg Center, or some part of the Smithsonian.

agree

Well said sir.

So true

Blue Note doesn't get any better than this shining example of the dynamic 1960's in Jazz. It all changed in 1969 with Miles Davis. 1964 is a vintage year for the Jazz world!

Yes, and while my peers of that time were crazy for the Beatles, I was heavy into jazz. I never missed an issue of Downbeat magazine. Loved to do the blindfold test!

You've got me there! A little before my time for Jazz, which I only discovered in 1971-72. I missed so much, but did get to know and spend time with Hank Mobley before he passed. Sweet man who died too soon.

Curt Rayvis, Better late than never! :-) How cool that you knew Hank Mobley! He was another jazz great. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-70's to early 80's, so I had the pleasure of catching quite a few jazz masters including Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith and others. There was a club in San Francisco's North Beach, Keystone Korner where all the artists would headline for at least 3 or 4 nights. It was such an exciting time. Was very sad when Keystone closed and the 24 hour jazz station KJAZ changed ownership and its format. Great memories though.

Gwen Lorenz

for real! It's too bad Blue Note needed to make money (boogaloo) because this was years ahead of Miles

I agree, it is inspirational and spiritual

I like Herbie Hancock's solo. It's one of the most pensive and yet searing piano solos I've ever heard.

yes it is unique, read my post and tell me what you think of my intepretation.

Question what is rubato?

I don't know what you just said, but I like the song.

@@edwardsmith8814 Rubato Is A Musical Term Meaning Not In Any Particular Set Tempo Or Rhythm Like For Example In The Introduction To "Behind The Rain" By Herb Alpert And Tijuana Brass.

What a fun love to share...

Absolutely Correct..

Lee Morgan played trumpet like Miles wished he could play.

Damn right! It is so beautiful. That chordal vibe takes me outside of the solar system every time.

Grant Green makes this to set the mood. Pre-the boogaloo

Jon-Paul Ellis I've got lee at #2 behind only Clifford Brown.

Dr. Kevin Moore Hard to tell, but it's between them two.

+Aviv Schifrin, if they both hadn't died so young do you think one of them would of over shadowed Miles??

Miles was the more important musical figure because he was at the vanguard of so many movements, but, as a trumpet player, both Lee and, certainly Clifford surpassed him

+Dr. Kevin Moore Excellent take on these trumpet players. Miles was such a visionary.

There was undoubtedly a political and social undercurrent to many compositions by jazz musicians during the 1960s. "Alabama" was Coltrane's statement on the September 15, 1963 terrorist attack on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a reminder that out of despair can come hope and change. "Search for the New Land" may be in its own way be a call for hope and change as well. There were many African nations that were securing political independence during this time. Somewhat similarly there was the social upheaval in this country that led many to search for a new way of thinking and living. "Mr. Kenyatta" is not so subtle. It's a direct reference to the Kenyan leader of that time, as was Morgan's "Angela" a reference to Angela Davis. "In What Direction Are You Headed?" is also a politically-laced title.

Alabama is my favorite track on Live at Birdland. This does have a very similar structure.

I totally agree...the chord progression is very similar. But Alabama was the current commentary....Search For New Land was the solution.....the mood, the title....the complete composition points solely towards forward movement. -- Even the solos of each of those giants imply the part we all must play -- if were to get out of "Alabama" so to speak!

The Blue Note era from the mid to late 1950s through the mid to late 1960s was special. An effort should be made to put the recordings in the Smithsonian because they are part of the American national treasure. The Van Gelder studio should be made part of the Smithsonian also. It is the source of these recordings that are the essence of modern American history.

One of Herbies greatest solos if you ask me! Pretty surprised I even was of what he demonstrates here.

I'm going to get and send it to my son 🙂😅

Omg man this might be herbies most amazing solo i think its just out lf this world, litterally sounds other worldly

smiling Billy Mr Blue Note

Yes, Herbie Hancock's solo is awesome!

*15 I’m great at parties.

Hear, hear. Hancock's solo wins hands down

Yes. Like Tyner here. Crisp, energetic, smooth, 'soaring'.

were can I see this doc. on Lee?

@@flgmusicproductions it was on Netflix not sure if still on there tho. Just google it

@@porterhall27 I gotta check that out! This & several other of his albums were mine while he was still alive (yes, I still have them)

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Lee is eternal in the morning sunshine ~ no chemicals required

esquibelle oh trust me I didn't need it to enjoy this piece whatsoever. I'm just,saying that when i first heard it I happened to be under that influence hahaha

esquibelle Listen to this on LSD and let me know how it goes.

Never knew Lee Morgan was also from our city. Always respect people even more when I find out Philly birthed them.

Some many it's crazy! John Gilmore Benny Golson Jimmy Heath Michael Brecker and so many more...

The beauty of this music is its ability to tell the story without uttering a word. The musical conversation is a form of kinesis that requires mastery of the instrument and one's own imagination!