Sold Date: April 20, 2014
Start Date: December 8, 2013
Final Price: $23.99 (USD)
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 Lee Morgan- The Gigolo
Blue Note BST 84212

Edward Lee Morgan was born in Philadelphia on July 10, 1938, the youngest of Otto Ricardo and Nettie Beatrice Morgan's four children. A leading trumpeter and composer, he recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death in February 1972. Originally interested in the , he soon showed a growing enthusiasm for the trumpet. Morgan also knew how to play the alto saxophone. On his thirteenth birthday, his sister Ernestine gave him his first trumpet. His primary stylistic influence was , who gave the teenager a few lessons before he joined the Big Band at 18, and remained a member for a year and a half, until the economic situation forced Dizzy to disband the unit in 1958. He began recording for in 1956, eventually recording 25 albums as a leader for the company, with more than 250 musicians. He also recorded on the label and one album for on its short-lived Jazzland subsidiary.

Condition: Cover is VG, Record is VG+

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