LEE MORGAN The Sidewinder BLUE NOTE BLP 4157 Van Gelder
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Sep 19, 2011 Sold Date
Sep 12, 2011 Start Date
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LEE MORGAN The Sidewinder (EX/EX) Vinyl LP
Record label/brand: Blue Note BLP 4157 upc/mpn: None year: 1964
Classic and hard to find original Blue Note mono vinyl from 1964. Features hard bop pioneer and trumpet wizard, Lee Morgan, along with Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins. New York USA address. VANGELDER and "ear" stamped in dead wax.
Sleeve is in Excellent condition. Front has nice shine. There is a crease that begins with the letter "D" in Sidewinder and runs to the edge opposite of the spine. Vinyl is in Excellent condition. A few visual scuffs but nothing that would affect play. There is some slight surface noise in spots.
Songs:
Side 1 1. The Sidewinder 2. Totem Pole
Side 2 3. Gary's Notebook 4. Boy, What A Night 5. Hocus-Pocus
Review: The Philadelphia-born trumpeter and superb bop stylist Lee Morgan apprenticed with Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey before emerging as a leader in his own right in the early '60s for Blue Note Records. Although Morgan owed a stylistic debt to both Gillespie and Clifford Brown, he quickly developed a voice of his own that combined half-valve effects, Latin inflections, and full, fluid melodies.
While many of Morgan's later sessions for Blue Note would find him paired with saxophonist Hank Mobley, The Sidewinder features the then up-and-coming tenor player Joe Henderson, along with Detroit pianist Barry Harris, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Billy Higgins. Along with the title track, an unconventional 24-bar blues, the album's compositional standout is "Totem Pole," a minor Latin groove featuring an outstanding solo by Henderson. This is the kind of relaxed blowing date, invigorated by thoughtful performances, that forms the backbone of the Blue Note catalog. ~ Amazon


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