#blowing#my#own#trumpet
As it's once again #BandcampFriday may I toot once more these links to my albums and tracks of... errrmm... awesomeness!! or... awesomenetty!! or... (that's enough Nige) 😁
Born Today: Lee Morgan
Instrument: #Trumpet
Born: July 10, 1938
Died: February 19, 1972
Morgan was a #jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums for the company. Morgan's principal influence as a player was Clifford Brown, having had direct contact with him before Brown's premature death.
