Bass – Art Davis Drums – Art Blakey Piano – Eddie Higgins Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Jordan Trumpet – Lee Morgan --- Recorded at Universal Recorders, Chicago, October 14, 1960. Tracks 1 to 7: originally released as LP on Vee Jay Recordings (Cat#: "SR 3015"). Read more on Last.fm.
Lee Morgan (10 July 1938 - 19 February 1972) was an American hard-bop jazz trumpeter.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. In 1956 he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label; eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death. Read more on Last.fm
