Lee Morgan Sidewinder Blue Note United Artist Vinyl

Lee morgan who was 25 at the time had already been a household name in jazz for seven years.

Lee morgan sidewinder blue note united artist vinyl.

Blue note bst 84157 blue note blp 4157 84157 format. Lee morgan the sidewinder original deep grove blue note vinyl record. Also it s the first time i heard the great joe. Similar to lee morgan the sidewinder but blue text rather than black text style.

4 8 out of 5 stars 4 314. A cornerstone of the blue note label roster prior to his tragic demise lee morgan was one of hard bop s greatest trumpeters and indeed one of the finest of the 60s. An all around master of his instrument modeled after clifford brown morgan boasted an effortless virtuosic technique and a full supple muscular tone that was just as. Blue note after trumpeter lee morgan set the music world on fire with the runaway success of his hit soul jazz single the sidewinder in 1964 many artists tried to duplicate his triumphant feat in search of another boogaloo sensation.

They managed to ruin one of the best hard bop records of all time. Barcode and other identifiers matrix runout side a runout etched. Surface noise on the first spin. All five tracks were written by morgan and the album features respected tenor saxophonist joe henderson.

Lee morgan the sidewinder also brought him great popularity. The sidewinder will be reissued as part of an overall blue note 75th anniversary vinyl initiative spearheaded by current blue note records president don was. Blue note records a division of united artists records inc. He began recording for blue note as a leader in 1956 when he was just 18 had been a featured member of the dizzy gillespie big band while still a teenager and had been the star of art blakey s jazz messengers during 1958 61.

It was released on blue note label as blp 4157 and bst 84157. The sidewinder is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter lee morgan recorded at the van gelder studio englewood new jersey. Kind of blue vinyl miles davis. Lee morgan the sidewinder label.

Well done whoever is manufacturing for blue note reissues.