Lee Morgan “City Lights”

Lee Morgan

“City Lights”
( LP Blue Note Records, 1957 )
Catalog # BLP 1575
Also issued on Blue Note BST 81575
Part of Mosaic MR6-162, MD4-162

Personnel & Tracklisting:
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Curtis Fuller, trombone
George Coleman, alto & tenor sax
Ray Bryant, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Art Taylor, drums
Rudy Van Gelder Studio,
Hackensack, NJ, August 25, 1957

tk.1 Just By Myself
tk.4 City Lights
tk.6 Tempo De Waltz
tk.9 You’re Mine, You
tk.10 Kin Folks

Review:
Benny Golson’s writing for this date uplifts it beyond most of the jam session sets of the period. Trumpeter Lee Morgan (then 19) is in excellent form, holding his own with his impressive sidemen (trombonist Curtis Fuller, George Coleman on tenor and alto, pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor). Highlights include “City Lights,” “You’re Mine You” and “Just By Myself.” This fine session has been reissued as part of Lee Morgan’s four-set Mosaic box set.
By Scott Yanow (AMG)

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