Here's Lee Morgan is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan originally released on the Vee-Jay label. It was recorded on February 8, 1960, and features performances by Morgan with Clifford Jordan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey.

Here's Lee Morgan
Studio album by
ReleasedMid September 1960[1]
RecordedFebruary 2,3 & 8, 1960
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length70:54
LabelVee-Jay
ProducerSid McCoy
Lee Morgan chronology
Another Monday Night at Birdland
(1959)
Here's Lee Morgan
(1960)
Lee-Way
(1960)

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music is good solid hard bop that finds Lee Morgan (already a veteran at age 21) coming out of the Clifford Brown tradition to display his own rapidly developing style. Matched with Clifford Jordan on tenor, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Blakey, Morgan's album could pass for a Jazz Messengers set."[2]

Professional ratings
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Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [3]

Track listing

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  1. "Terrible "T"" (Morgan) - 5:17
  2. "Mogie" (Morgan) - 7:42
  3. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf) - 5:36
  4. "Running Brook" (Shorter) - 6:03
  5. "Off Spring" (Jackson) - 6:13
  6. "Bess" (Morgan) - 6:23
  7. "Terrible "T"" [Take 7] (Morgan) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Terrible "T"" [Take 6] (Morgan) - 6:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Mogie" [Take 2] (Morgan) - 7:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Mogie" [Take 1 Mono] (Morgan) - 7:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "I'm a Fool to Want You" [Take 1] (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf) - 5:54 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "I'm a Fool to Want You" [Take 2] (Herron, Sinatra, Wolf) - 5:43
  13. "Running Brook" [Take 9] (Shorter) - 6:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Running Brook" [Take 4] (Shorter) - 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Off Spring" [Take 7] (Jackson) - 6:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Bess" [Take 3] (Morgan) - 6:38 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard Sep 12, 1960
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 16, 2011
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1039. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.