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.

Lee morgan the last session vinyl.

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. 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. 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.

Harold mabern is on the fender rhodes piano tenor. Jack dejohnette replaces roker on drums on speedball. The inventive and exploratory 67 minutes of music on the last session is a fitting memorial to lee morgan and well worth the hunt. 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.

Morgan led what turned out to be the last session of his life in september 1971. It is a modal masterpiece from a hard bop prodigy. 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. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1998 cd release of the last session on discogs.

Lee morgan s final studio recording before he was murdered was initially released as a two fer lp and the original recordings without alternate takes are included here on one cd this was a fertile creative time for morgan as rivals freddie hubbard and woody shaw were embracing the electrified sounds of the times and morgan followed suit. Live at the lighthouse is a live album by jazz trumpeter lee morgan released on the blue note label in 1970. Personnel lee morgan trumpet fluegel horn 3 grachan moncur iii trombone bobbi humphrey flute billy harper tenor sax alto flute harold mabern jr pia. Vinyl should be very clean but can have less luster than near mint.