LEE MORGAN "LEEWAY" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, NE(#558), RVG, NEW/SEALED

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                                                                                               LEE MORGAN "LEE-WAY"
2008 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ, REMASTERED (ACOUSTECH) FROM THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPE AND PRESSED BY RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"THIS ALBUM IS UNIQUE WITHIN LEE MORGAN'S VAST AND RICH BLUE NOTE DISCOGRAPHY. WITH THEN CURRENT EMPLOYER ART BLAKEY, BAND MATE BOBBY TIMMONS ON PIANO, PAUL CHAMBERS ON BASS AND JACKIE MCLEAN ON ALTO SAXOPHONE, THE TRUMPETER ABANDONS TIME CONSTRAINTS AND STRETCHES OUT ON FOUR, SOULFUL, HARD-BOP COMPOSITIONS (THE FIRST AND THE LAST ARE BY CAL MASSEY). THESE HARD BOP MASTERS ARE CONSTANTLY INSPIRED BY BLAKEY'S EXPLOSIVE GROOVES."
"IN 1960 WHEN "LEE-WAY" WAS RECORDED, LEE MORGAN WAS 21 YEARS OLD AND THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG TRUMPETER IN JAZZ. HE HAD ALREADY LED AT LEAST NINE ALBUMS OF HIS OWN, TOURED THE WORLD WITH THE DIZZY GILLESPIE ORCHESTRA, AND SINCE 1958 HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT MEMBER OF ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS. MORGAN HAD NOT ONLY FILLED THE HUG GAP LEFT BY CLIFFORD BROWN'S DEATH IN 1956 BUT WAS BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF ALL TRUMPETERS. FREDDIE HUBBARD, WHO WAS ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS OLDER, BOTH ADMIRED AND FEARED THE FIERY MORGAN'S PLAYING. NOT ONLY WAS MORGAN A MASTER AT PLAYING HARD BOP BUT HIS SOULFUL STYLE AND HIS COCKY AND ASSERTIVE PLAYING MADE HIM A DISTINCTIVE GIANT AS WELL AS A NATURAL LEADER."
"LEEWAY" IS AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED CLASSIC. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT SUCH MORGAN RECORDINGS AS "THE SIDEWINDER", CANDY, THE COOKER, CORNBREAD AND THE GIGOLO. LEEWAY IS ON THE SAME HIGH LEVEL, WITH LEE BEING JOINED BY THE PASSIONATE ALTOIST JACKIE MCLEAN, THE FUNKY PIANIST BOBBY TIMMONS, BASSIST PAUL CHAMBERS AND DRUMMER ART BLAKEY FOR FOUR MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES. TWO OF CALVIN MASSEY'S BEST COMPOSITIONS (INCLUDING "THESE ARE SOULFUL DAYS") AND FULLY EXPLORED ALONG WITH MCLEAN'S "MIDTOWN BLUES" AND MORGAN'S "THE LION AND THE WOLF" (DEDICATED TO THE CO-FOUNDERS OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS). THE MUSIC IS OVERFLOWING WITH TIMELESS SOUL ANDF INVENTIVE IMPROVISATIONS THAT LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE. DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!"
                                                                                             1) THESE ARE SOULFUL DAYS                                                                                              2) THE LION AND THE WOLF                                                                                              3) MIDTOWN BLUES                                                                                              4) NAKATINI SUITE
                                                                                             RECORDED ON APRIL 17, 1960