Blue Note – BLP 4034Rec. Date : 04/28/1960 Trumpet : Lee MorganAlto Sax : Jackie McLeanBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Art BlakeyPiano : Bobby Timmons Strictlyheadies : 09/21/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 04/29/1961 This is essentially a Jazz Messengers date with an expanded spotlight on Lee Morgan. Blakey is here to lay down a vitally…
Blue Note – BLP 4029Rec. Date : March 6, 1960 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 09/05/2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 06/25/1960 The drum giant’s present group can be compared very favorably with the days when Horace Silver was in it. Lee…
Blue Note – BLP 4016Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/07/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 02/16/1961Don DeMichael : 3.5 starsThis review compares JCotWv2 to Paris Concert (Epic 16009) These two albums cry for comparison and contrast. Both were recorded live; both exude…
Blue Note – BLP 4015Rec. Date : April 15, 1959 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 08/04/2019Stream this Album Down Beat : 01/07/1960John S. Wilson : 2 stars The Jazz Messengers hit a high point in their next to last edition, which consisted of Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie…
Blue Note – BLP 4011Rec. Dates : August 25, 1957, February 25, 1958 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : George Coleman, Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny BurrellTenor Sax : Tina BrooksTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : 07/24/2019Stream this Album Delaware County Daily TimesBill Kagler : 02/12/1960 Sixteen years ago, a 14-year-old pianist was pulled off the bandstand…
Blue Note – BLP 4003Rec. Date : October 30, 1958 Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittPiano : Bobby TimmonsTenor Sax : Benny GolsonTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : July 2, 2019Stream this Album Billboard : 01/19/1959Four Stars There’s a flock of fine, virile blowing on these sides by the Messengers. Particularly the trumpet work of Lee Morgan is clean, crisp and pure. B.…
Blue Note – BLP 4002Rec. Dates : August 25, 1957, February 25, 1958 Organ : Jimmy SmithAlto Sax : George Coleman, Lou DonaldsonDrums : Donald Bailey, Art BlakeyGuitar : Eddie McFadden, Kenny BurrellTenor Sax : Tina BrooksTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee Morgan Strictlyheadies : June 28, 2019Stream this Album Cashbox : 03/07/1959 The title suggests informality, and that is just the atmosphere crated by organist Jimmy…
Impulse – A-7Rec. Date : June 13, 1961, June 14, 1961Stream this Album Drums : Art BlakeyBass : Jymie MerrittTenor Sax : Wayne ShorterTrombone : Curtis FullerTrumpet : Lee MorganPiano : Bobby Timmons Cashbox : 10/07/1961 The pile-driving Blakey rhythms propel the Messengers to fiery heights in the group’s Impulse date here. Though familiar enough to jazz audiences, Blakey still…
United Artists – UAS 4041Rec. Date : March 9, 1959Stream this Album Trombone : Curtis FullerArranger : Gigi Gryce, Benny GolsonBass : Paul ChambersDrums : Elvin JonesPiano : Tommy FlanaganTenor Sax : Hank MobleyTrumpet : Lee Morgan Cashbox : 11/07/1959Jazz Pick of the Week The sextet is comprise of several important new star jazzmen – Fuller (trombone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums). They…
Savoy – MG 12092Rec. Dates : July 23, 1956, November 7, 1956Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Hank MobleyBass : Doug WatkinsDrums : Kenny Clarke, Art TaylorPiano : Barry Harris, Hank JonesTrumpet : Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan Billboard : 05/27/1957Score of 74 A blowing session of some heat and significance on material in the hard, clipped, boppish idiom. Lengthiness of tracks lend…
