The enduring influence of Lee Morgan’s music is too often overshadowed by the circumstances of his death. At 33, the trumpeter was shot dead outside the New York City club Slugs’ Saloon by his common-law wife Helen, in 1972. The Philadelphia native had already made a profound impact on the music that is still felt half a century later.
Evans is quick to shrug off any controversy about the fact that the commemoration falls on the date of Morgan’s tragic death rather than his birth. Morgan was still a teenager when he began recording for Blue Note Records; he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band at 18, recorded with John Coltrane at 19, and joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers the following year. In 1963 he released, its boogaloo-inspired title track becoming one of the most popular tunes in jazz history, a crossover hit and a foundational influence for melding serious jazz with robust soul.
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