Lee Morgan The Last Session Vinyl

It is a modal masterpiece from a hard bop prodigy.

Lee morgan the last session vinyl.

The album features a quintet of morgan bennie maupin harold mabern jymie merritt and mickey roker recorded at the lighthouse café in hermosa beach california in july 1970. Live at the lighthouse is a live album by jazz trumpeter lee morgan released on the blue note label in 1970. Harold mabern is on the fender rhodes piano tenor. Lee morgan was searching for a new direction in music but tragically a few months after this recording the trumpeter was shot dead at slug s saloon in new york by a jealous woman friend.

The inventive and exploratory 67 minutes of music on the last session is a fitting memorial to lee morgan and well worth the hunt. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1998 cd release of the last session on discogs. Vinyl should be very clean but can have less luster than near mint. Referencing lee morgan 2xlp album re rp bst 84901 this is a taste of what lee morgan could have been had his life not been cut short.

The inventive and exploratory 67 minutes of music on the last session is a fitting memorial to lee morgan and well worth the hunt. Jack dejohnette replaces roker on drums on speedball. The last session also released as lee morgan is the final studio album by jazz trumpeter lee morgan released only after his death in 1972 it was originally released on the blue note label in 1972 as a double lp and features performances by morgan grachan moncur iii bobbi humphrey billy harper harold mabern reggie workman jymie merritt and freddie waits. On february 19 1972 morgan was performing at the new york club slug s when he was shot and killed by his common law wife helen more.

Lee morgan aka the last session cd item 904039 blue note 1971. Personnel lee morgan trumpet fluegel horn 3 grachan moncur iii trombone bobbi humphrey flute billy harper tenor sax alto flute harold mabern jr pia. Lee morgan was searching for a new direction in music but tragically a few months after this recording the trumpeter was shot dead at slug s saloon in new york by a jealous woman friend. One of lee morgan s most sparkling sessions from the early years a record that already shows a sense of depth and imagination that would take lee way beyond.