Lee Morgan was a prodigy of the Hard Bop, an incredible Virtuose and der Trompete und zudem noch ein sehr erfolgreicher, der schon in jungen Jahren von sich überzeugen ließ. Es ist die Geschichte eines der besten Trompetern der Jazzgeschichte.
Lee Morgan wird am 10. Juli 1938 in Philadelphia, USA geboren und gilt schon früh als Ausnahmetalent an der Trompete, da er ein unheimlich virtuoser und mutiger Musiker ist. Viel dazu trägt auch Morgan’s musikalisches Umfeld bei, Philadelphia stellt sich in den Vierziger Jahren als unwahrscheinlich kreatives Pflaster der Jazzmusik dar mit vielen guten Musikern wie den Saxophonisten John Coltrane , Benny Golson und Jimmy Heath And his brothers Percy Heath on bass and Albert "Tootie" Heath on drums .
At the age of 15 years, Morgan directs his first professional group of jazz musicians together with bassist James "Splanky" Debre, a school friend of Morgan. By this time he was already regularly attend the workshops in the Music City night club, where he met then also the first time his role model and mentor Clifford Brown.
He visited during these years the "mast High School in Philadelphia, a school that also many other prominent musicians will create. Already at that time, Morgan, after the tragic accident of the trumpeter Clifford Brown, who had an accident in 1955 at the age of 26 years in a tragic accident, chosen as his successor.
After Morgan graduated from the "mast High School" in his pocket, he hesitates then not long and does from now on its way to New York City, the "World Capital of Jazz" to go along with his friend Debra finally successfully be. But the landing is on the hard pavement New York is not easy, but Morgan gets lucky and soon after his arrival in a short package Art Blakey's group, The Jazz Messengers ". But after two weeks, he ended this arrangement and for something new.
The first time Morgan does, however, only as a member of Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band at the focal point of the jazz world. On that occasion also Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German founder of the successful New York jazz label Blue Note to Morgan attention and take him immediately in 1956 under contract. So it is that it successfully with a young age of 18 years as at the time still quite unknown trumpet player goes into the jazz scene. During the period of 15 months followed by a further 6 albums as a leader and many more as a sideman with other musicians on Blue Note Records, which for a young trumpeter from Morgan's format at this time what is really extraordinary.
A highly successful appearance on Lee Morgan then in 1957 in receiving "Blue Train" by John Coltrane . Although Morgan takes only as a sideman-led Coltrane group, a secondary role is largely thanks to his solos that this plate Coltrane's most successful should be at this time and this success is only 8 years later by "A Love Supreme" should be offered. It turns out that Morgan is also very well placed, the music of other musicians to join and that the album during the recording is seen that Coltrane and Morgan are also very good because they have both spent their early years together in Philadelphia, even though Coltrane is a mere 12 years older than Morgan, and therefore more likely plays a role as a teacher for him. He is someone who sucks up all over something and it turned into his own style. His most successful to date
time, however, should first time at Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers "are. The line-up to the time was still one of the best in almost 30 years of the group and together with Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons and Jymie Merritt this force is really strong. Morgan developed here more and more a representative of the hard bop on trumpet and his solo in the song "Moanin '" is considered the most famous catchy tune of Blakey's Messengers.
But in this time slipping and Lee Morgan - like many others (especially black) musicians - from drugs to a rail, the rest of his life he probably never more should get away from them. In 1961 he moved to then completely for almost two years ago from New York's jazz scene and goes back to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he tried to withdraw from drugs. This may not succeed, but in 1963, Morgan comes back with even more fresh and new energy to then with "The Sidewinder" , seinem größten Erfolg wieder durchzustarten.
Obwohl Morgan den Erfolg dieser Platte nie mehr toppen sollte, gibt sie ihm den nötigen Aufschwung und vor allem die Publicity und Popularität, die Morgan hilft, wieder aus seinem Tief zu kommen und genauso erfolgreich da weiterzumachen, wo er letzten Endes aufgehört hat.
Die letzten vier Jahre seines Lebens ist dann Morgan Mitleiter einer sehr wichtigen Formation für den Jazz, dem „Jazz and People’s Movement“, die mit vielem Auftritten in Talk Shows amerikaweit bekannt wird. Auch hier bleibt Morgan dem Hard Bop still firmly attached.
On 19 Ends in February 1972 Lee Morgan's life but then suddenly and unexpectedly. In a drama of jealousy shot him Helen More, one of his friends, outside the front door to the New York jazz club Slug's.
With the death of Morgan's death thus much of the hard bop and followed many of his longtime colleagues such as Art Blakey him later, but left his spirit alive.
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