ghost of miles Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) I'm working on a Night Lights show for the week after next that features recordings made together by Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan. It's been a real joy to go back and revisit all of their Blue Note sessions (and the early Savoy date as well) and assemble a potential playlist. Here are some potential tracks: "Hank's Shout" (from the Savoy date) "M & M" (with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) One of the first three tracks off Peckin' Time "No Room For Squares" "Carolyn" "Ceora" "Straight No Filter" Possibly something from A Slice Of The Top ("Hank's Other Bag") I'll probably use "Syrup And Biscuits" with a fadeout in the opening "newshole" segment (a segment exactly five minutes long that some stations take, while other stations cut away for news). Anyway, curious to hear what other posters here rank as their favorite Mobley-Morgan encounters on record. This is the third Lee Morgan tandem show I've done; the others are Shorter Lee: Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter and Jackie McLean and Lee Morgan: The Dynamic Hardbop Duo. Edited June 29, 2018 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Some thoughts: It looks like the last time they worked together was on Mobley's Third Season in 1967. Was there a rift between them after that? Although I haven't heard them, another date to consider resulted in the two Roulette albums Monday Night At Birdland and Another Monday Night At Birdland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umum_cypher Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Every single second of Dippin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 20 minutes ago, umum_cypher said: Every single second of Dippin' This show has sent me back to your Lee Morgan biography as well. Mjzee, I've got both of those Birdland Roulettes and am going to give them a listen this afternoon. It's been a long time since I played them, and my memory is that they're enjoyable jams, but maybe a bit too long & loose for the show... however, they're on the program-planning agenda, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 33 minutes ago, umum_cypher said: Every single second of Dippin' Seconded (the title cut especially), and although "Ceora" is a classic (as well as a nice programming change of pace), my favorite cut from Cornbread is "Our Man Higgins". the way that thing shifts from whole-tone to standard changes really plays to where everybody was at at that time (including Jackie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 FWIW, Slice of the Top and Third Season are probably my two favorite Hank leader-dates -- and two of the best 'slightly-larger-than-just-a-combo' dates in the entire BN catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) Is your program limited to studio sessions? If not, how about Monday Night in Birdland and Another Monday Night in Birdland. Edited June 29, 2018 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) Another thumbs up for "Slice Of The Top" .... "Hank's Other Bag" comes to my mind .... Edited June 29, 2018 by soulpope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdavenport Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 "Recado Bossa Nova" is a shoe-in, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) Me 'n You (from NRFS) is a 24 bar long meter blues before Sidewinder Caddy For Daddy is that Sidewinder groove but with call 'n response instead of a unison head. But nearly everything they did together is groovy Chicken 'n Dumplins with AB & TJMs is nice too. Edited June 30, 2018 by danasgoodstuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 fun fact: although hank and lee were probs the quintessential hard bop sax-tpt team, they weren't particularly close, friendship wise, they weren't enemies or anything like that, no no- but hank was much closer to say walter bishop jr, but hank and lee did have a fantastic working relationship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 14 minutes ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said: fun fact: although hank and lee were probs the quintessential hard bop sax-tpt team, they weren't particularly close, friendship wise, they weren't enemies or anything like that, no no- but hank was much closer to say walter bishop jr, but hank and lee did have a fantastic working relationship Well, they were of different generations...and the real break probably happened when Hank was incarcerated and Lee kept working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 I see your face before me off of Dippin’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 8:03 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said: fun fact: although hank and lee were probs the quintessential hard bop sax-tpt team, they weren't particularly close, friendship wise, they weren't enemies or anything like that, no no- but hank was much closer to say walter bishop jr, but hank and lee did have a fantastic working relationship Interesting info, what is your source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 A jazz great jazz musician who wishes to remain in the background- one of Hank's most closest friends from the 50s thru the 80s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 I don't know if your intention is to pursue the Mobley/Morgan relationship chronologically, but I'd have a hard time overlooking a tune like "Nostalgia" fro the 1956 Savoy recording, "Introducing Lee Morgan". Lee was only 17 when the album was recorded, but it clearly lays the groundwork for what was to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 This program is now up for online listening, with a tip of the hat to board members in the credits at the end: Mob-Lee: Lee Morgan And Hank Mobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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