Lee Morgan - The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions (1995)

Lee Morgan recorded for Blue Note in the late '50s, playing seven dates between 1956 and 1958. Morgan was still in his teens at the time and half of the joy of The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions is hearing the trumpeter develop at a rapid rate. The four-disc box set The Complete Blue Note encompasses sessions with Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, Benny Golson, Wynton Kelly, Sonny Clarke, Doug Watkins, and Art Taylor. Morgan may have been young at the time these were recorded, but he was impressive even at the beginning, playing blistering hard bop and lyrical ballads with equal ease. He may have gone on to record greater, more influential albums but this music remains exciting, vital, and simply joyous.

Tracklist:

CD1

01 Gaza Strip
02 Reggie of Chester
03 Little T (
04 Little T (Alternate Take)
05 Stand By
06 Roccus
07 The Lady
08 Latin Hangover
09 Whisper Not
10 His Sister

CD2

01 D's Funk
02 Slightly Hep
03 Where Am I
04 Hasaan's Dream
05 I Remember Clifford
06 Mesabi Chant
07 Tip-Toeing (Alternate Take)
08 Tip-Toeing (Alternate Take)
09 Domingo

CD3

01 Just By Myself
02 City Lights
03 You're Mine You
04 Temp De Waltz
05 Kin Folks
06 Just One Of Those Things (Alternate Take)
07 Just One Of Those Things
08 Heavy Dipper

CD4

01 A Night In Tunisia
02 Lover Man
03 New-Ma
04 Since I Fell For You
05 Personality
06 All At Once, You Love Her
07 Who Do You Love, I Hope
08 Candy
09 C. T. A.
10 All The Way