Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan is one of those musicians who makes you genuinely angry that the world lost him at 33, because what he packed into those few years was staggering. A Philadelphia kid who was sitting in with Dizzy Gillespie's big band at 18 and recording landmark sessions for Blue Note before most people his age had figured out their first real job — the sheer audacity of that trajectory is almost hard to process. His tone had this bright, cutting edge that could slice through a rhythm section like nobody's business, and "The Sidewinder" proved he could reach pop audiences without dumbing anything down. He went through hard times with addiction, came back, and was making some of his most searching music in the early 1970s when his life ended violently. Every time I put on one of his Blue Note records I feel the loss all over again.

Name (English)

Lee Morgan

Name (Japanese)

リー・モーガン

Reading

りー・もーがん

Born

July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

trumpeter / composer / jazz musician / musician

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• trumpeter
• composer
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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