LEE MORGAN • CANDY • 1958 ORIGINAL MONO BLUE NOTE 1590 47 WEST 63rd NYC RVG EAR
$
1,500
$ 1500
Sold For
Jan 24, 2016
Sold Date
Jan 17, 2016
Start Date
$ 99
Start price
15
Number Of Bids
France
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Description
Tracklist
• CANDY
• SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
• C.T.A.
• ALL THE WAY
• WHO DO YOU LOVE I HOPE
• PERSONALITY
Recording Data
Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 18, 1957
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
PERSONALITY
Credits
Bass – DOUG WATKINSDrums – ART TAYLOR
Piano – SONNY CLARK
Trumpet – LEE MORGAN
Recording Data
Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 2, 1958CANDY
C.T.A.
ALL THE WAY
WHO DO YOU LOVE I HOPE
Credits
Bass – DOUG WATKINSDrums – ART BLAKEY
Piano – SONNY CLARK
Trumpet – LEE MORGAN
RECORDED WHEN HE WAS ONLY 19, “CANDY” WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ALBUMS
(ALONG WITH “THE COOKER” , RECORDED THE SAME YEAR) WHERE LEE MORGAN
SHOWED HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE. HIS PRODIGAL TECHNICAL VIRTUOSITY HAD
ALREADY BEEN PROVEN AT THIS TIME IN THE DIZZY GILLIESPIE BAND, BUT MORGAN’S
FIRST SOLO VENTURES HAD BEEN REMARKABLE ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS YOUNG AGE.
HERE, THE INFLUENCE OF SOME OF MORGAN’S MENTORS CAN BE SEEN, BUT INSTEAD
OF JUST EMULATING THE STYLE OF OLDER TRUMPETERS LIKE CLIFFORD BROWN, HE
HAS BEGUN ABSORBING BITS AND PIECES OF THE PHRASING AND STYLE OF A WIDE
RANGE OF MUSICIANS, FROM GILLESPIE TO MILES DAVIS, THEN USING THEM TO
FORGE HIS OWN SOUND. MORGAN PLACES HIMSELF FRONT AND CENTER HERE --
THERE ARE NO OTHER HORNS TO CARRY THE MELODIC LINES, LEAVING HIM QUITE
EXPOSED, BUT HE MANAGES TO PERFORM BEAUTIFULLY. NOT MERELY A TECHNICAL
MARVEL, HIS TONE ON THIS ALBUM WAS SWEET AND HIS PLAYING FLUID, INFUSED
WITH JOY AND CRISPLY ARTICULATED EMOTION –––– ORIGINAL 1958 MONO DEEP
GROOVE PRESSING, FIRST PRESSING WITH 47 WEST 63RD NYC ADDRESS ON LABEL
BOTH SIDES . . . SOLID COVER WITH SLIGHTLY BUMPED UPPER LEFT SIDE CORNER,
THE GLOSSY VINYL RECORD SHOWS A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL MARKS ON FIRST
TRACK, SIDE ONE, AND SMALL SCUFF ON REVERSE THAT DO NOT AFFECT THE STRONG
LISTENING EXPERIENCE. “RVG” AND “PLASTYLITE” (EAR) SYMBOL IN DEAD WAX.