Introducing Lee Morgan is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan with Hank Mobley's quintet released on the Savoy label. It was recorded on November 5 and 7, 1956, and features performances by Morgan with Hank Mobley, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor. Personnel Lee Morgan - trumpet Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone Hank Jones - piano Doug Watkins - bass Art Taylor - drums Read more on Last.fm.
Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) 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, Wayne Shorter and Art Blakey.
Morgan stayed with Blakey until 1961 and started to record as leader in the late '50s. Morgan's Read more on Last.fm
