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
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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 WATKINS
Drums – ART TAYLOR
Piano – SONNY CLARK
Trumpet – LEE MORGAN


Recording Data

Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 2, 1958

CANDY
C.T.A.
ALL THE WAY
WHO DO YOU LOVE I HOPE


Credits

Bass – DOUG WATKINS
Drums – 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.









 


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