LEE MORGAN "CANDY", MM, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G, LE, SO, RVG, NEW/SEALED
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LEE MORGAN "CANDY"
2009 MUSIC MATTERS BLUE NOTE THE DEFINITIVE 45 RPM REISSUE SERIES, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VINYL, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, CATALOG NUMBER MMBLP-1590, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA. HIGHEST QUALITY GATEFOLD COVER FEATURES ORIGINAL SESSION PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE INSIDE.
"CLASSICAL MUSIC IS FULL OF CHILD PRODIGIES BUT THEY ARE SOMEWHAT RARE IN JAZZ. LEE MORGAN WAS AN EXCEPTION, FOR HE WAS A BRILLIANT TRUMPETER WHILE STILL A TEENAGER. HIS MUSICAL GENIUS IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN; BUT EASY TO HEAR. LEE MORGAN EMERGED FULLY FORMED TECHNICALLY ALONG WITH A CRACKLING INTENSITY AND PASSION THAT WAS A JOY TO EXPERIENCE."
"BY THE TIME HE RECORDED "CANDY" IN 1959, THE 20 YEAR OLD HAD ALREADY LED FIVE ALBUMS FOR BLUE NOTE, AND HAD LOGGED VALUABLE TIME WITH NOT ONLY THE DIZZY GILLESPIE BIG BAND BUT ALSO AS A MEMBER OF (WHAT SOME CONSIDER) THE FINEST EDITION OF ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS. "CANDY" IS A UNIQUE ITEM IN MORGAN'S HISTORY FOR IT IS THE ONLY QUARTET ALBUM THAT MORGAN EVER RECORDED. IN FACT, NO OTHER HORNS WERE NEEDED! "CANDY" FEATURES THE TRUMPETER PLAYING WITH BEAUTY, FIRE, PASSION AND A MATURE LYRICISM EXCEEDING MOST MUSICIANS DOUBLE HIS AGE."
"JOINED BY A RHYTHM SECTION OF YOUNG GIANTS INCLUDING PIANIST SONNY CLARK, MORGAN BURNS ON THE FASTER PIECES BUT PUTS PLENTY OF FEELING INTO "ALL THE WAY", THE SOULFUL "SINCE I FELL FOR YOU" AND "PERSONALITY". AT 20, LEE MORGAN WAS ALREADY A MODERN MASTER AND, FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREAT TRUMPET MEN OF JAZZ. WHO SAID THAT YOUTH WAS WASTED ON THE YOUNG?"
1) CANDY 2) SINCE I FELL FOR YOU 3) C.T.A. 4) ALL THE WAY 5) WHO DO YOU LOVE I HOPE 6) PERSONALITY
ORIGINALLY RELEASED 1958 BY BLUE NOTE RECORDS.
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