Lee Morgan discography

This discography features albums by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, groups he was a member of, and albums by other artists to which he made a significant contribution. ^[1]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

The early original numbers of the Blue Note catalogue had four digits and the prefix "BLP" for mono recordings, and "BST", with an added "8" put in front of the numbers for stereo recordings. Beginning with the 1969 album Charisma all releases by Lee Morgan were issued exclusively in stereo. The 1998 release Standards was issued in digital form (as CD and later as download) only. For the digital and other re-releases with added bonus material like alternate takes and expanded liner notes etc, consult the articles on the individual albums.

Session date(s)	Release date	Title	Label (original cat. nr.)	Notes
1956-11	1957	Lee Morgan Indeed!	Blue Note BLP 1538 [2]
1956-11	1956	Introducing Lee Morgan	Savoy MG 12091 (mono)	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1956-12	1957	Lee Morgan Sextet (a.k.a. Vol. 2)	Blue Note BLP 1541 [3]	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1957-02	1957	Dizzy Atmosphere	Specialty SP-2110 (m), SP-5001 (st)	Billy Mitchell on tenor sax
1957-03	1957	Lee Morgan Vol. 3	Blue Note BLP 1557	Benny Golson on tenor sax
1957-08	1957	City Lights	Blue Note BLP 1575 [4]
1957-09	1958	The Cooker	Blue Note BLP 1578 [5]
1957-11, 1958-02	1958	Candy	Blue Note BLP 1590 [6]
1958-02	1959	Peckin' Time co-led by Hank Mobley	Blue Note BLP 1574 [7]	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1960-04	1960	Here's Lee Morgan	Vee-Jay VJLP 3007 [8]	Clifford Jordan on tenor sax
1960-04	1961	Leeway	Blue Note BLP 4034 [9]
1960-10	1961	Expoobident	Vee-Jay VJLP 3015 [10]	Clifford Jordan on tenor sax
1962-01	1962	Take Twelve	Jazzland JLP 80 (m), JLP 980 (st)	Clifford Jordan on tenor sax
1963-12	1964	The Sidewinder	Blue Note BLP 4157, BST 84157 [11]	Joe Henderson on tenor sax
1964-02	1966	Search for the New Land	Blue Note BLP 4169, BST 84169	Wayne Shorter on tenor sax
1964-08	1980	Tom Cat	Blue Note LT-1058 [12]
1965-04	1966	The Rumproller	Blue Note BLP 4199, BST 84199	Joe Henderson on tenor sax
1965-06, 1965-07	1968	The Gigolo	Blue Note BLP 4212, [13] BST 84212	Wayne Shorter on tenor sax
1965-09	1967	Cornbread	Blue Note BLP 4222, BST 84222 [14]	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1965-11	1981	Infinity	Blue Note LT-1091
1966-04, 1966-05	1967	Delightfulee	Blue Note BLP 4243 [15] , BST 84243	Joe Henderson on tenor sax
1966-09	1969	Charisma	Blue Note BST 84312 [16]	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1966-11	1985	The Rajah	Blue Note BST 84426	Hank Mobley on tenor sax
1967-01	1998	Standards	Blue Note CDP 7243 8 23213 2 3	Wayne Shorter on tenor sax
1967-04	1979	Sonic Boom	Blue Note LT-987
1967-07, 1969-09, 1969-10	1978	The Procrastinator	Blue Note BN-LA582-J2 [17]
1967-11, 1968-09	1970	The Sixth Sense	Blue Note BST 84335	Clifford Jordan on tenor sax
1968-02	1980	Taru	Blue Note LT-1031	Bennie Maupin on tenor sax
1968-05	1968	Caramba!	Blue Note BST 84289	Bennie Maupin on tenor sax
1970-07	1970	Live at the Lighthouse	Blue Note BST 89906	Bennie Maupin on tenor sax, flute & bass clarinet
1971-09	1972	The Last Session	Blue Note BST 84901	Billy Harper on tenor sax & alto flute

As a member

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

• 1957 Theory of Art (RCA Victor, 1958)
• 1958–59 Drums Around the Corner (Blue Note, 1999)
• 1958 Moanin' (Blue Note, 1959)
• 1958 1958 – Paris Olympia (Fontana, 1958)
• 1958 Des Femmes Disparaissent (Fontana, 1959) – soundtrack
• 1959 Les Liaisons dangereuses with Barney Wilen (Fontana, 1960) – soundtrack
• 1959 Africaine (Blue Note, 1981)
• 1959 Just Coolin' (Blue Note, 2020)
• 1959 At the Jazz Corner of the World (Blue Note, 1959)[2 LP]
• 1959 Paris Jam Session (Fontana, 1961)
• 1960 The Big Beat (Blue Note, 1960)
• 1960 A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note, 1961)
• 1960 Like Someone in Love (Blue Note, 1967)
• 1960 Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (Blue Note, 1960)[2 LP]
• 1961 A Day with Art Blakey 1961 Vol.1 & Vol.2 (Eastwind, 1984)
• 1961 Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (Impulse!, 1961)
• 1961 The Freedom Rider (Blue Note, 1964)
• 1961 Roots & Herbs (Blue Note, 1970)
• 1961 The Witch Doctor (Blue Note, 1969)
• 1961 First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note, 2021) ^[18]
• 1963 Golden Boy (Colpix, 1963)
• 1961–64 Pisces (Blue Note, 1979)
• 1964 Indestructible (Blue Note, 1966)
• 1964 'S Make It (Limelight, 1965)
• 1965 Soul Finger (Limelight, 1965)
• 1965–66 Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight, 1966)

As sideman

With Charles Earland Intensity (Prestige, 1972) – Lee Morgan's last recording Charles III (Prestige, 1973) – rec. 1972-73 Funk Fantastique (Prestige, 2004) – rec. 1971-73 With Curtis Fuller Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (Savoy, 1960) With Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957) – rec. 1956-57 Birks' Works (Verve, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957) With Andrew Hill Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1970) – rec. 1969-70 With Clifford Jordan Cliff Jordan (Blue Note, 1957) Live in Baltimore (Fresh Sound, 2003) – rec. 1968 With Jackie McLean Jacknife (Blue Note, 1975) – rec. 1965-66 Consequence (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1965 With Hank Mobley 1956: Hank Mobley Sextet (Blue Note, 1957) 1956: The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley, Vol. 2 (Savoy, 1957) 1958: Monday Night at Birdland also with Curtis Fuller and Billy Root (Roulette, 1958) 1958: Another Monday Night at Birdland also with Curtis Fuller and Billy Root (Roulette, 1958) 1963: No Room for Squares (Blue Note, 1964) 1965: Dippin' (Blue Note, 1966) 1965: A Caddy for Daddy (Blue Note, 1967) 1966: A Slice of the Top (Blue Note, 1979) 1963-66: Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1985) 1967: Third Season (Blue Note, 1980) With Wayne Shorter Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee Jay, 1960) – rec. 1959 Night Dreamer (Blue Note, 1964) With Jimmy Smith Confirmation (Blue Note, 1979) – rec. 1957 House Party (Blue Note, 1958) – rec. 1957-58 The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1959) – rec. 1957-58 With Lonnie Smith Think! (Blue Note, 1969) – rec. 1968 Turning Point (Blue Note, 1969)

With others Ahmed Abdul-Malik, East Meets West (RCA Victor, 1960) – rec. 1959 Tina Brooks, Minor Move (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1958 John Coltrane, Blue Train (Blue Note, 1958) – rec. 1957 Buddy DeFranco, Blues Bag (Vee Jay, 1965) Art Farmer, Brass Shout (United Artists, 1981) – rec. 1959 Benny Golson, Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (United Artists, 1958) Johnny Griffin, A Blowin' Session (Blue Note, 1957) Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966) Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1958) – rec. 1956-57 Freddie Hubbard, The Night of the Cookers (Blue Note, 1965)[2LP] Bobbi Humphrey, Flute-In (Blue Note, 1971) Elvin Jones, The Prime Element (Blue Note, 1976)[2LP] – rec. 1969 Philly Joe Jones, Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959) Quincy Jones, The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959) Wynton Kelly, Kelly Great (Vee Jay, 1959) Harold Mabern, Greasy Kid Stuff! (Prestige, 1970) Grachan Moncur III, Evolution (Blue Note, 1964) – rec. 1963 Stanley Turrentine, Mr. Natural (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1964 McCoy Tyner, Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968) – rec. 1967 Jack Wilson, Easterly Winds (Blue Note, 1968) – rec. 1967 Reuben Wilson, Love Bug (Blue Note, 1969) Larry Young, Mother Ship (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1969 The Young Lions, The Young Lions (Vee Jay, 1961) – rec. 1960

References

1. Wernboe, Roger. Lee Morgan Discography . Saltsjobaden: R. Wernboe, 1985.
2. A 7" single was released the same year with "Gaza Strip" and "Reggie of Chester" on its A and B side respectively; see Lee Morgan – Gaza Strip / Reggie Of Chester at Discogs (45-1661).
3. In 1966 the session was "electronically re-recorded to stimulate stereo" and released accordingly as BST 81541; see Lee Morgan – Volume 2 - Sextet at Discogs.
4. In 1966 the session was "electronically re-recorded to stimulate stereo"; see Lee Morgan – City Lights at Discogs (BST 81575).
5. Before release a 7" single was released beforehand featuring the over 9 minute-long opener "A Night in Tunesia", covering both A and B sides; see Lee Morgan – A Night In Tunisia at Discogs (45-1692). In 1968 the session was "electronically re-recorded to stimulate stereo"; see Lee Morgan – The Cooker at Discogs (BST 81575).
6. The album was reissued in stereo in 1969 on Sunset Records under the title All the Way(SUS-5263); see Lee Morgan – All the Way at Discogs. A first stereo release of the recording on Blue Note was not issued until the mid-1980s, first in Japan, then in the US; see Lee Morgan – Candy at Discogs (CP32-5226/BNST 81590), and Lee Morgan discography at Discogs (CDP 7 46508 2).
7. The album was first released in stereo in 1988; see Lee Morgan discography at Discogs (B1-81574).
8. Mono and stereo releases were issued under the same cat. nr., with "stereo" or "stereophonic" written on the cover (and the LP label) in case of a stereo recording; see Lee Morgan – Here's Lee Morgan at Discogs (list of releases). A 7" single was issued featuring "Terrible 'T'" and "I'm A Fool To Want You" (promo copies were given to DJs); see Lee Morgan – Terrible "T" / I'm A Fool To Want You at Discogs (VJ 360).
9. In 1966 the session released in stereo; see Lee Morgan – Leeway at Discogs (BST 84034).
10. Mono and stereo releases were issued under the same cat. nr., with "stereo" or "stereophonic" written on the cover (and the LP label) in case of a stereo recording (just one 1961 stereo issue was released as SR 3015); see Lee Morgan – Expoobident at Discogs (list of releases). A 7" single was issued featuring "Expoobident" and "Just in Time" (promo copies were given to DJs); see Lee Morgan – Expoobident at Discogs (list of releases) (VJ 401).
11. First album by Morgan to be released simultaneously in mono and stereo. In addition a reel-to-reel was offered. See Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder at Discogs (list of releases).
12. This numbering was used after Blue Note's new parent company United Artists was itself aquired by EMI; see Blue Note Records discography: LT series.
13. For the first time the mono release (of an album by Lee Morgan) didn't get a reprint.
14. No reprint of the mono version. A 7" so-called "little LP" in stereo for jukeboxes featuring "Cornbread" and "Most Like Lee" was issued as L 4222; see Lee Morgan – Cornbread at Discogs.
15. Last album by Morgan issued in both, mono and stereo.
16. First album by Morgan exclusively issued in stereo.
17. This numbering follows the one of Blue Note's new parent company United Artists; see Blue Note Records discography: BN-LA / LT series.
18. First released in 2014 as Tokyo 1961 – The Complete Concerts on Solar; see Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Tokyo 1961 The Complete Concerts at Discogs. For the official Blue Note release, see Lee Morgan discography at Discogs (list of releases).

External links

• Lee Morgan discography discography at Discogs