Lee Morgan | Eight Classic Albums (4cd) | 4CD

Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter, mainly associated with hard bop, born on 10 July 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for his 1963 album The Sidewinder. He was fatally shot in 1972.

Eight Classic Albums is a 4 disc box set compilation of Lee Morgan recordings, released by Enlightenment in 2018. It collects original LPs, remastered, and includes Dizzy Atmosphere, a 1957 Specialty album, in full. Featured players across the collection include Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey and McCoy Tyner.

Track List

Disc 1

1. The Sidewinder
2. Totem Pole
3. Gary's Notebook
4. Boy, What A Night
5. Hocus Pocus
6. Search For The New Land
7. The Joker
8. Mr. Kenyatta
9. Melancholee
10. Morgan The Pirate

Disc 2

1. Tom Cat
2. Exotique
3. Twice Around
4. Twilight Mist
5. Riggarmortes
6. The Rumproller
7. Desert Moonlight
8. Eclipso
9. Edda
10. The Lady

Disc 3

1. Yes I Can, No You Can't
2. Trapped
3. Speedball
4. The Gigolo
5. You Go To My Head
6. Cornbread
7. Our Man Higgins
8. Ceora
9. Ill Wind
10. Most Like Lee

Disc 4

1. Infinity
2. Mis Nettie B.
3. Growing Pains
4. Portrait Of Doll
5. Dishwater
6. Someone I Know
7. D.D.T.
8. Whisper Not
9. About Time
10. Day By Day
11. Rite Of Swing
12. Over The Rainbow