Lee Morgan

• 4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET

• 4-PANEL DIGIPACK

• 16-page BOOKLET

One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, trumpeter Lee Morgan (1938-1972) came to prominence with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers before launching a solo career.

Presented here are two of his greatest albums as a leader, Here’s Lee Morgan (Vee Jay LP-3007) and Expoobident (Vee Jay SR-3015), as well as two LPs that find him as a sideman in small groups also featuring Wayne Shorter on tenor sax: The Young Lions (Vee Jay LP-3013) and Wynton Kelly’s Kelly Great (Vee Jay LP-1016).

PERSONNEL:

• LEE MORGAN, trumpet & flugelhorn on all tracks, plus:

• CD 1 [1-6]: HERE'S LEE MORGAN
• CLIFFORD JORDAN, tenor sax
• WYNTON KELLY, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• ART BLAKEY, drums.
• New York, February 3, 1960.

• CD 1 [7-13]: EXPOOBIDENT
• CLIFFORD JORDAN, tenor sax
• EDDIE HIGGINS, piano
• ART DAVIS, bass
• ART BLAKEY, drums.
• Chicago, October 13, 1960.

• CD 2 [1-5]: KELLY GREAT
• WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax
• WYNTON KELLY, piano
• PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
• PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.
• New York, August 12, 1959.

• CD 2 [6-10]: THE YOUNG LIONS
• FRANK STROZIER, alto sax
• WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax
• BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
• BOB CRANSHAW, bass
• LOUIS HAYES or ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH, drums.
• New York, April 25, 1960.

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 69:34 Min.
• 01 Terrible “T”
• 02 Mogie
• 03 I’m a Fool to Want You
• 04 Running Brook
• 05 Off Spring
• 06 Bess
• 07 Expoobident
• 08 Easy Living
• 09 Triple Track
• 10 Fire
• 11 Just in Time
• 12 The Hearing
• 13 Lost and Found

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 70:53 Min.
• 01 Wrinkles
• 02 Mama “G”
• 03 June Night
• 04 What Know
• 05 Sydney
• 06 Seeds of Sin
• 07 Scourn’
• 08 Fat Lady
• 09 Peaches and Cream
• 10 That’s Right