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Also known as Edward Lee Morgan

American jazz trumpeter (1938–1972)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1938
Active to
1972
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Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter and Art Blakey. Morgan stayed with Blakey until 1961 and started to record as leader in the late '50s. Morgan's <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lee+Morgan">R

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Born
Edward Lee Morgan , ( 1938-07-10 ) July 10, 1938, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
February 19, 1972 (1972-02-19) (aged 33), New York City , U.S.
Genres
Jazz hard bop post-bop
Occupation
Musician
Instruments
Trumpet flugelhorn
Works
Lee Morgan discography
Years active
1956–1972
Labels
Blue Note Vee-Jay
Formerly of
The Jazz Messengers

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date of birth
1938-07-10
date of death
1972-02-19
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Lee Morgan
start of work period
1956-00-00
end of work period
1972-00-00
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Lee Morgan
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Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley, and Wayne Shorter, and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

Morgan stayed with Blakey until 1961 and started to record as leader in the late '50s. Morgan's solo recordings often alternated between conventional hard bop sessions and more adventurous post-bop and avant-garde experiments, many of which did not see release during his lifetime. His composition "The Sidewinder", on the album of the same name, became a surprise crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts in 1964. After a second stint in Blakey's band, Morgan continued to work prolifically as both a leader and a sideman until his death in 1972.

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