Search for the New Land

Search for the New Land
Studio album by Lee Morgan
Released	August 1966 [1]
Recorded	February 15, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Post-bop, hard bop
Length	42:16
Label	Blue Note BST 84169
Producer	Alfred Lion
Lee Morgan chronology
The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1966) Tom Cat (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]

Search for the New Land is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. A set with a group of regular Blue Note sidemen, Search for the New Land was recorded before The Sidewinder was released. Although it was recorded in 1964, the album was shelved for two years, then issued with the original catalogue number 84169. ^[6]

Reception

It has been described by jazz commentator Scott Yanow as "one of the finest Lee Morgan records." ^[7] The album reached No. 16 on Billboard 's Hot R&B LP's chart and No. 143 on the Top LP's chart. ^[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Morgan

1. "Search for the New Land" – 15:45
2. "The Joker" – 5:04
3. "Mr. Kenyatta" – 8:43
4. "Melancholee" – 6:14
5. "Morgan the Pirate" – 6:30

Personnel

Performance

• Lee Morgan – trumpet
• Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – piano
• Grant Green – guitar
• Reggie Workman – double bass
• Billy Higgins – drums

Production

• Bob Blumenthal – liner notes
• Micaela Boland – art direction, graphic design
• Michael Cuscuna – reissue producer
• Nat Hentoff – liner notes
• Gordon Jee – creative director
• Alfred Lion – producer
• Reid Miles – cover design
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remastering
• Francis Wolff – photography, cover photo

Charts

Chart performance for Search for the New Land

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9]	80

References

1. "Billboard". August 13, 1966.
2. Allmusic Review
3. Down Beat: October 6, 1966, vol. 33, no. 20
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1039. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
6. 2003 liner notes by Bob Blumenthal
7. Search for the New Land at AllMusic
8. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 105. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
9. "Ultratop.be – Lee Morgan – Search for the New Land" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2024.