Lee Morgan discography


This discography features albums by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, groups he was a member of, and albums by other artists to which he made a significant contribution.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

The early original numbers of the Blue Note catalogue had four digits and the prefix "BLP" for mono recordings, and "BST", with an added "8" put in front of the numbers for stereo recordings. Beginning with the 1969 album Charisma all releases by Lee Morgan were issued exclusively in stereo. The 1998 release Standards was issued exclusively in digital form only. For the digital and other re-releases with added bonus material like alternate takes and expanded liner notes etc, consult the articles on the individual albums.
Recording dateTitleLabel Year releasedNotes
1956-11Lee Morgan Indeed!Blue Note BLP 1538 1957Quintet with Clarence Sharpe, Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones
1956-11Introducing Lee MorganSavoy MG 12091 1956Quintet with Hank Mobley, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor
1956-12Lee Morgan Sextet
a.k.a. Lee Morgan, Vol. 2		Blue Note BLP 15411957Sextet with H. Mobley, Kenny Rodgers H. Silver, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip
1957-02Dizzy AtmosphereSpecialty SP-2110, SP-5001 1957Septet with Al Grey, Billy Mitchell, Billy Root, Wynton Kelly, Paul West, Ch. Persip, Benny Golson and Roger Spotts
1957-03Lee Morgan, Vol. 3Blue Note BLP 15571957Sextet with Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, W. Kelly, P. Chambers, Ch. Persip
1957-08City LightsBlue Note BLP 15751957Sextet with Curtis Fuller, George Coleman, Ray Bryant, P. Chambers, A. Taylor
1957-09The CookerBlue Note BLP 15781958Quintet with Pepper Adams, Bobby Timmons, P. Chambers, Ph. J. Jones
1957-11,
1958-02		CandyBlue Note BLP 15901958Quartet with Sonny Clark, D Watkins, A. Taylor
1958-02Peckin' Time co-led by Hank MobleyBlue Note BLP 15741959Quintet with H. Mobley, W. Kelly, P. Chambers, Ch. Persip
1960-04Here's Lee MorganVee-Jay VJLP 30071960Quintet with Clifford Jordan, W. Kelly, P. Chambers, Art Blakey
1960-04LeewayBlue Note BLP 40341961Quartet with Jackie McLean, B. Timmons, P. Chambers, A. Blakey
1960-10ExpoobidentVee-Jay VJLP 30151961Quartet with Cl. Jordan, Eddie Higgins, Art Davis, Art Blakey
1962-01Take TwelveJazzland JLP 80, JLP 980, Bob Cranshaw - b), Louis Hayes - dr)
1963-12The SidewinderBlue Note BLP 4157, BST 841571964Quintet with Joe Henderson, B. Harris, B. Cranshaw, Billy Higgins
1964-02Search for the New LandBlue Note BLP 4169, BST 841691966Sextet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, Reggie Workman, B. Higgins
1964-08Tom CatBlue Note LT-10581980Sextet with C. Fuller, J. McLean, McCoy Tyner, B. Cranshaw, A. Blakey
1965-04The RumprollerBlue Note BLP 4199, BST 841991966Quintet with J. Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles, B. Higgins
1965-06,
1965-07		The GigoloBlue Note BLP 4212, BST 842121968Quintet with W. Shorter, Harold Mabern, B. Cranshaw, B. Higgins
1965-09CornbreadBlue Note BLP 4222, BST 842221967Sextet with J. McLean, H. Mobley, H. Hancock, Larry Ridley, B. Higgins
1965-11InfinityBlue Note LT-10911981Quintet with J. McLean, Larry Willis, R. Workman, B. Higgins
1966-041,
1966-052		DelightfuleeBlue Note BLP 4243, BST 842431967Big band2, arranged by Oliver Nelson, with Ernie Royal, Tom McIntosh, Jim Buffington, Don Butterfield, Phil Woods, W. Shorter, Danny Bank, M. Tyner, B. Cranshaw, Ph. J. Jones; and four quintet tracks1 with J. Henderson, M.Tyner, B. Cranshaw, B. Higgins
1966-09CharismaBlue Note BST 843121969Sextet with J. McLean, H. Mobley, Cedar Walton, W. Shorter, P. Adams, H. Hancock, Ron Carter, Mickey Roker
1967-04Sonic BoomBlue Note LT-9871979Quintet with David "Fathead" Newman, C. Walton, R. Carter, B. Higgins. Digital reissue in 2003 included sextet sessions from September and October 1969, first released a year before in 1978 on The Procrastinator.
1967-07,
1969-09,
1969-10		The ProcrastinatorBlue Note BN-LA582-J21978Sextet with Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, H. Hancock, R. Carter, B. Higgins; Sept and Oct sessions with Julian Priester, G. Coleman, H. Mabern, Walter Booker, M. Roker
1967-11,
The Sixth SenseBlue Note BST 843351970Sextet with J. McLean, Frank Mitchell, C. Walton, V. Sproles, B, Higgins; Sept date on 1999 digital reissue are three tracks with same personell except H. Mabern and Mickey Bass
1968-02TaruBlue Note LT-10311980Sextet with Bennie Maupin, John Hicks, George Benson, R. Workman, B. Higgins
1968-05Caramba!Blue Note BST 842891968Quintet arranged by Cal Massey with B. Maupin, C. Walton, R. Workman, B. Higgins
1970-07Live at the LighthouseBlue Note BST 899061968Quintet with L. Morgan, B. Maupin, H. Mabern, Jymie Merritt, M. Roker
1971-09The Last SessionBlue Note BST 849011972Octet with Grachan Moncur III, Bobbi Humphrey, Billy Harper, H. Mabern, R. Workman, J. Merritt, Freddie Waits

As a member of Art Blakey's bands

During his lifetime 20 albums alone were released with Art Blakey and a line-up featuring Lee Morgan; another seven followed after his death in 1972. For the most part Morgan was a member of Art Blakey and the The Jazz Messengers, that consisted for the time Morgan played the trumpet of Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons on piano, Jymie Merritt, and the bandleader on drums. Morgan was recorded with the band from October 1958 until May 1965. Although, he and Bobby Timmons left the Messengers already in mid-1961, while Freddie Hubbard and Cedar Walton joined the band.
Recording dateAlbum titleLabelYear ReleasedNotes
1958-10Moanin'Blue Note BLP 4003, BST 40031959
1958-11,
1958–12		1958 – Paris OlympiaFontana 680.202 ML1959
1958–11Drums Around the CornerBlue Note 214551999just Art Blakey written on the cover
1958–12Des femmes disparaissentFontana 660 224 MR1959soundtrack
1958–12Au club St. Germain, Vols. 1–3RCA France 430-043–0451960live recorded at Club Saint-Germain, issued on 3 LPs with four tracks each, Vol. 3 "plus Kenny Clarke"
1959–03Just CoolinBlue Note 642012020
1959–04At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2Blue Note BLP 4015 & 40161959 released separately
1959–07Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960Fontana 680 203 TL1960soundtrack; with Barney Wilen as guest, Morgan plays cornet throughout
1959–11AfricaineBlue Note LT 10881981
1959–11Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-ÉlyséesRCA France 430.0541960live recorded at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
1959–12Paris Jam SessionFontana 680 207 TL1960live recorded at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, with Walter Davis Jr. on piano; Bud Powell and Barney Wilen as guests on first two of four tracks
1960–03The Big BeatBlue Note BLP 4029, BST 840291960
1960–08A Night in TunisiaBlue Note BLP 4049, BST 840491961
1960–08Like Someone in LoveBlue Note BLP 4245, BST 842451967
1960-09Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2Blue Note BLP 4054 & 40551961 &
1962		live recorded at the Birdland, New York; released separately
1961-01A Day with Art Blakey 1961Baybridge UPS-2148~9-B 1981 live recorded at Sankei Hall, Tokyo
1961-01First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 RecordingsBlue Note BN 28012021live recorded at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo; first released in 2014 as Tokyo 1961 – The Complete Concerts on Solar
1961-02,
1961–05		The Freedom RiderBlue Note BLP 4156, BST 841561964
1961–02,
1961–05		Roots & HerbsBlue Note BST 843471970recording with Walter Davis Jr. replacing Timmons on two tracks
1961–02,
1961–05		PiscesBlue Note GXF 30601979remaining Jazz Messengers recordings of the two dates released in part on The Freedom Rider and Roots & Herbs ; album with only Art Blakey written on the cover
1961-03The Witch DoctorBlue Note BST 842581967
1961–05Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Featuring Wayne Shorter – Olympia–May 13, 1961Trema 710373/7103741992 live recording at the Olympia, Paris
1961–06Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!Impulse! A-7, AS-7 1961first Messengers album as a sextet with Curtis Fuller on trombone
1963Play Selections from the New Musical Golden BoyColpix CP 478, SCP 478 1963recorded for Golden Boy as nonet with expanded horn section arranged by Shorter, Fuller and pianist Cedar Walton
1964–04
1964–05		IndestructibleBlue Note BST 841931966
1964–11'S Make ItLimelight LM & LS 860011965recorded in Los Angeles with partly new line-up, beside Morgan and Fuller, John Gilmore, John Hicks, and Victor Sproles
1965–05Soul FingerLimelight LM 820181965with second trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and completely new line-up, with Gary Bartz, Lucky Thompson, Hicks and Sproles; a last track from the session on Hold On, I'm Coming

As sideman

With Charles EarlandIntensity – Lee Morgan's last recordingCharles III – rec. 1972-1973Funk Fantastique – rec. 1971-1973
With Curtis FullerSliding Easy The Curtis Fuller Jazztet Images of Curtis Fuller
With Dizzy GillespieDizzy in Greece – rec. 1956-1957Birks' Works Dizzy Gillespie at Newport
With Andrew HillGrass Roots Lift Every Voice – rec. 1969-1970
With Clifford JordanCliff Jordan Live in Baltimore – rec. 1968
With Jackie McLeanJacknife – rec. 1965-1966Consequence – rec. 1965
With Hank Mobley
With Wayne ShorterIntroducing Wayne Shorter – rec. 1959Night Dreamer
With Jimmy Smith
With Lonnie SmithThink! – rec. 1968Turning Point
With others