Edward Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label,Morgan came to prominence in his late teens,recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane,Curtis Fuller,Dizzy Gillespie,Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter,and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
Douglas Watkins was an American jazz double bassist. He was best known for being an accompanist to various hard bop artists in the Detroit area,including Donald Byrd and Jackie McLean.
The Sidewinder is a 1964 album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan,recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey,U.S. It was released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4157 (mono) and BST 84157 (stereo).
A Night in Tunisia is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers,released in May 1961 through Blue Note Records. It was recorded in August 1960 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers,also called Moanin',is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded on October 30,1958 and released on Blue Note later that year.
The Freedom Rider is an album by jazz drummer Art Blakey and his group the Jazz Messengers,recorded in 1961 and released in 1964 by Blue Note Records. Continuing Blakey's distinct brand of hard bop,this album features compositions from Wayne Shorter,Lee Morgan,Blakey himself,and Kenny Dorham,a former Jazz Messenger. This was the final album by this particular edition of the Jazz Messengers,who had been together for 18 months,as Lee Morgan left after this album and was replaced by Freddie Hubbard.
Cornbread is an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. Recorded in September 1965 but released on the Blue Note label in early 1967,the album features performances by Morgan,along with sidemen Herbie Hancock,Billy Higgins,Jackie McLean,Hank Mobley,and Larry Ridley.
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.
Night Dreamer is the fourth album by American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It was released in November 1964 by Blue Note Records. With a quintet of trumpeter Lee Morgan,pianist McCoy Tyner,bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones performing six Shorter originals.
Mosaic is a studio album by Art Blakey &the Jazz Messengers recorded for Blue Note on October 2,1961 and released the following year. The sextet features horn section Wayne Shorter,Freddie Hubbard and Curtis Fuller and rhythm section Cedar Walton,Jymie Merritt and Art Blakey.
Infinity is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan,released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded on November 16,1965 but not released until 1981 and features performances by Morgan with a quintet featuring Jackie McLean,Larry Willis,Reggie Workman and Billy Higgins. The album was reissued on CD in 1998 as a limited edition.
Leeway is an album by American jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded on April 28,1960 and released on Blue Note the following year. Morgan's quintet features saxophonist Jackie McLean and rhythm section Bobby Timmons,Paul Chambers and Art Blakey.
Tender Moments is the eighth album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and his second released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in December 1967 and features performances by Tyner with an expanded group featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan,trombonist Julian Priester,French horn player Bob Northern,tuba player Howard Johnson,alto saxophonist James Spaulding,tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin,bassist Herbie Lewis and drummer Joe Chambers.
A Jazz Message is a jazz album recorded by Art Blakey's Quartet in 1964. The album was Blakey's second and last album for the Impulse! label.
Mr. Natural is the twelfth album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine,recorded for the Blue Note label in 1964 but not released until 1980 as LT 1075,and performed by Turrentine with Lee Morgan,McCoy Tyner,Bob Cranshaw,Elvin Jones and Ray Barretto.
Consequence is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean,recorded in 1965 but not released on Blue Note until 1979 as LT-994. In 1993,it was released as part of the four-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions,which was limited to 5,000 copies. In 2005,it was finally released on a limited edition CD as Blue Note 11428.
Jacknife is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean. It actually comprises two volumes,one recorded in 1965 and the other in 1966. They were originally given the catalogue number of BLP 4223 and BLP 4236,but were shelved for ten years and issued together in 1975 as a double LP,with the number BN-LA457-H2. Whilst the 1965 tracks were released on a limited edition CD in 2002,those from 1966 have never been released singularly;however,they can be found on the four-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note 1964–66 Jackie McLean Sessions,which was limited to 5,000 copies.
In the late 1960s,Latin jazz,combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries,often played on instruments such as conga,timbale,güiro,and claves,with jazz and classical harmonies played on typical jazz instruments broke through. There are two main varieties:Afro-Cuban jazz was played in the US right after the bebop period,while Brazilian jazz became more popular in the 1960s. Afro-Cuban jazz began as a movement in the mid-1950s as bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Billy Taylor started Afro-Cuban bands influenced by such Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians as Xavier Cugat,Tito Puente,and Arturo Sandoval. Brazilian jazz such as bossa nova is derived from samba,with influences from jazz and other 20th-century classical and popular music styles. Bossa is generally moderately paced,with melodies sung in Portuguese or English. The style was pioneered by Brazilians João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim. The related term jazz-samba describes an adaptation of bossa nova compositions to the jazz idiom by American performers such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd.
The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective,and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset. "Art Blakey" and "Jazz Messengers" became synonymous over the years,though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a sideman for other groups throughout his career.
"Yes sir,I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old,I'm gonna get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active."
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