Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
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Artist: Lee MorganEdition: Music CD
Format: Limited Edition, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-11-16
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Sidewinder
- Totem Pole
- Gary's Notebook
- Boy, What a Night
- Hocus Pocus
- Totem Pole [Alternate Take]
Music reviews of The Sidewinder
Music Review: Morgan's Most Famous Album
Rating: 5 Stars
The Sidewinder is certainly Lee Morgan's most famous album. The title track was a smash hit at the time and was even featured in a Chrysler TV commercial during the 1965 World Series. And it has sold well ever since.
While the funky title track is highly enjoyable, the other 4 tunes and alternate take of "Totem Pole" are equally outstanding and full of the blues. In fact, "Totem Pole" is probably the most sophisticated and interesting tune and "Gary's Notebook" is also quite inventive. "Boy, What a Night" cranks up the heat for a waltz and "Hocus-Pocus" closes the album in a relaxed mood.
Morgan is outstanding on trumpet throughout and Joe Henderson is just as good on tenor sax. The sound of the RVG remastering is very clear with plenty of bass and cymbals so that you can hear all the music behind the soloists.
Description of The Sidewinder
The Sidewinder, Lee Morgan's 24-bar blues with an infectious bass line and backbeat, instantly became one of the most popular pieces in modern jazz history. Every track on this classic album is a gem.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 then up-and-coming tenor player Joe Henderson, plus 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. --Fred Goodman
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