couw Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'll ask my dumb question again, because it got buried. Is 'thesi' the plural of thesis? ← no, the plural is theses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Since I don't have it in front of me I can't recall the author's name, perhaps they've been mentioned, but in that Columbia publication, Current Musicology, which contained excerpts of George Lewis' forthcoming book on the AACM in New York, there was an in depth chapter dedicated to Lee Morgan's musical life BEFORE he came to New York...good information, lots of leg work, etc. Fitz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 (edited) Well, he's on a Lonnie Smith Kudu side (Mama Wailer on which AMG has him listed as "Cabbell"...), plays one solo IIRC, but I'm darn near certain that he was on some 3-tenor date (or some such) on BS/SN as well. ← That would be A Blowin' Session by Johnny Griffin with: John Coltrane Hank Mobley Lee Morgan Wynton Kelly Paul Chambers Art Blakey Edited July 15, 2005 by marcello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Lazaro, Jeff McMillan is the author of the article in Current Musicology. I need to get a copy of that. I hope it's still available. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonball-addict Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I am in Pittsburgh. I could try to locate Cabell. I don't really know his work but am eager to meet him based on the above info. Does he have special insight into Lee Morgan per se or is he just another person people would like to see interviews documented? Meanwhile, I am fighting an uphill battle trying to get the local public radio/jazz station to play more progressive classics and classic classics that surprisingly are not in their rotation or their library (this is WDUQ - the home of Tony Mowod and Bob Studebaker). We're talking stuff like Miles Smiles and other stuff like some Harold Land (West Coast Blues) and a bunch of other shit. That's what I been up to......wish I could be here more often, but trying to further the possibilities for a career in jazz programming while making ends meet. matt cb-a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Well, he's on a Lonnie Smith Kudu side (Mama Wailer on which AMG has him listed as "Cabbell"...), plays one solo IIRC, but I'm darn near certain that he was on some 3-tenor date (or some such) on BS/SN as well. ← That would be A Blowin' Session by Johnny Griffin with: John Coltrane Hank Mobley Lee Morgan Wynton Kelly Paul Chambers Art Blakey ← Marvin Cabell was on that side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Sorry Jim; Got my three tenors / Trumpeters switched up. It is a good one, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 To be honest, Lee Morgan is rather far down on the list of jazzers I'd like to see be given biographical treatment. I'd rather read an Ayler, Nance, Christian, Condon, or a really extensive Teagarden one for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I would just like to add something here - I love jazz bios but I wish people would write them who know how to write bios - most of what I read (notable exception - Mikes book on Gryce) - reads like undigested research - other exceptions: Szwed on Miles and Sun Ra - biography is a special skill and discipline, and few who write in the field of pop/jazz seem to possess those - (must also mention Chris Albertson and Bessie Smith!) - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Thanks for the kind words. What I found difficult in writing biography was how to get all the great things that we had researched into the book. Our use of so many direct quotes from interviews affected things quite a bit. But I'd rather have a primary participant tell the story than some Johnny-come-lately paraphrase it. For many others you see undigested research? I see unresearched indigestion. Too many of them don't have the "due diligence." Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Are there any good articles or online sources concerning the last couple of years of Lee's life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 I'm curious how old was Lee when he recorded on the "Blue Train" session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Lee Morgan was 19 years old. Morgan, Lee (b Philadelphia, PA, July 10, 1938; d New York, February 19, 1972) trumpeter. John Coltrane Sextet Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Coltrane (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 15, 1957 tk.2 Lazy Bird (alt. take) Blue Note CDP 7243 8 53428-2 tk.3 Lazy Bird Blue Note BLP 1577 tk.6 Moment's Notice Blue Note 45-1718, BLP 1577, BST 89903 tk.8 Blue Train (alt. take) Blue Note (J) TOCJ 1601, CDP 7243 8 53428-2 tk.9/8 Blue Train Blue Note 45-1691, BLP 1577, BST2 84429 tk.11 Locomotion Blue Note BLP 1577 tk.12 I'm Old Fashioned - * John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note BLP 1577) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 we missed the gigolo's b-day....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Lee Morgan was 19 years old. Morgan, Lee (b Philadelphia, PA, July 10, 1938; d New York, February 19, 1972) trumpeter. John Coltrane Sextet Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Coltrane (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 15, 1957 tk.2 Lazy Bird (alt. take) Blue Note CDP 7243 8 53428-2 tk.3 Lazy Bird Blue Note BLP 1577 tk.6 Moment's Notice Blue Note 45-1718, BLP 1577, BST 89903 tk.8 Blue Train (alt. take) Blue Note (J) TOCJ 1601, CDP 7243 8 53428-2 tk.9/8 Blue Train Blue Note 45-1691, BLP 1577, BST2 84429 tk.11 Locomotion Blue Note BLP 1577 tk.12 I'm Old Fashioned - * John Coltrane - Blue Train (Blue Note BLP 1577) ← That's really impressive especially when you consider that Lennon-McCartney were still part of a cover band in the UK and Dylan was probably still in Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Yes, Lee Morgan was Old School; had his own voice at a early age and, dispite his personal problems, continued to evolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 here is a detailed chronology of Lee Morgan which is associated (don't know how) with McMillan's Bio and (found through this chronology) here are some pretty cool photographs by saxophone player Peter Loeb, of himself sitting in with the Jazz Messengers (Morgan/Gilmore) and Roland Kirk/Don Byas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Are there any good articles or online sources concerning the last couple of years of Lee's life? there's this: http://billyhartmusic.com/interview_part_3.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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