Sidewinder [Bonus Track] [Remastered] by Lee Morgan (Jazz) Barry Harris Billy Higgins Joe Henderson (CD, 1963)

Universal

4988005788825

11050172525

Lee Morgan (Jazz), Barry Harris, Billy Higgins, Joe Henderson

CD

1963

Sidewinder [Bonus Track] [Remastered]

Trumpet

Jazz

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The Rudy Van Gelder Edition of THE SIDEWINDER includes an essay by Bob Blumenthal. Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Barry Harris (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 21, 1963. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather. This is part of the Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder Editions series. Simple and direct and somewhat of a runt album in the history of jazz. The solo on Art Blakey's recording of Bobby Timmons' 'Moanin' is by Morgan, as is that on 'A Night In Tunisia'. By the time he came to record this album he had simplified his style, which appealed to the soul/jazz lovers of the 60s. To use the ultimate cliche, this is groovin' music; it rolls, it bops, it makes you feel good and its success is that it is refreshingly uncomplicated.

Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time." Paste (magazine) - "The title track is all groove and hip-swinging sass, anchored by a bounding bassline, and tunes like 'Boy, What A Night' and 'Totem Pole' have the sleek, ineffable cool of a classic car and the energy of a boisterous nightclub."