The trumpeter Lee Morgan (1938-1972) will always be associated with his surprise pop hit “The Sidewinder”. As a boy-wonder he had already made a splash in the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band at the age of 18. And Blue Note label immediately signed him.

Unfortunately, Morgan’s life and career were dogged by drug problems, which often forced him to leave the stage and recuperate for longer times. In 1972, his wife shot Morgan during a performance break at the New York Jazzclub Slug’s  aloon on. He bled to death because the ambulance did not make it in time due to severe weather – now the subject of the documentary “I Called Him Morgan” (2017).

In this set there are albums originally on Blue Note, VeeJay and Riverside. They feature him as leader, as part of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messangers and guesting on other people’s albums such as John Coltrane’s “Blue Train”. Apart from ‘Trane, they feature Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Smith, Bobby Timmons, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Benny Golson, George Coleman, Wayne Shorter and Clifford Jordan.

CD 1: Roccus / Reggie Of Chester / The Lady / Little T / Gaza Strip / Stand By / Hank’s Shout / Nostalgia / Bet / Softly As In A Morning Sunrise / P.S. I Love You / Easy Living / That’s All

CD 2: Touch And Go / Double Whammy / Barrel Of Funk / Mobleymania / Whisper Not / Latin Hangover / His Sister / Slightly Hip / Where Am I / D’s Fink

CD 3: Hasaan’s Dream / Domingo / I Remember Clifford / Mesabi Chant / Tip- Toeing / The Way You Look Tonight / Ball Bearing / All The Things You Are / Smoke Stack

CD 4: City Lights / Tempo De Waltz / You’re Mine You / Just By Myself / Kin Folks / Blue Train / Moment’s Notice / Locomotion / I’m Old Fashioned / Lazy Bird

CD 5: Candy / Since I Fell For You / C.T.A. / All The Way / Who Do You Love I Hope / Personality / High And Flighty / Speak Low / Peckin’ Time / Stretchin’ Out / Git-Go Blues

CD 6: A Night In Tunisia / Heavy Dipper / Just One Of Those Things / Lover Man / New-Ma / These Are Soulful Days / The Lion And The Wolff / Midtown Blues / Nakatini Suite

CD 7: Seeds Of Sin / Scourn’ / Fat Lady / Peaches And Cream / That’s Right / Raggedy Ann / A Waltz For Fran / Lee-Sure Time / Little Spain / Take Twelve / Second’s Best

CD 8: Terrible “T” / Mogie / I’m A Fool To Want You / Running Brook / Off Spring / Bess / Expoobident / Easy Living / Triple Track / Fire / Just In Time / The Hearing / Lost And Found

CD 9: Au Privave / Lover Man / Just Friends / Blues After All

CD 10: Moanin’ / Are You Real / Along Came Betty / THE DRUM THUNDER SUITE: 1st Theme: Drum Thunder + 2nd Theme: Cry a Blue Tear + 3rd Theme: Harlem's Disciples / Blues March / Come Rain Or Come Shine / A Night In Tunisia / Sincerely Diana / So Tired / Yama / Kozo’s Waltz