Lee Morgan

Born: 
07/10/1938
City: 
Philadelphia
Region: 
Pennsylvania
Country: 
USA
Died: 
02/19/1972
Years Active: 
1956-1972
Instruments: 
Trumpet
Associated Artists: 
Art Blakey
John Coltrane
Dizzy Gillespie
Joe Henderson
Freddie Hubbard
Elvin Jones
Wayne Shorter
Stanley Turrentine
McCoy Tyner

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Edward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.

Morgan was murdered in the early hours of February 19, 1972, at Slugs', a jazz club in New York City's East Village where his band was performing. Following an altercation between sets, Morgan's common-law wife Helen More (a.k.a. Morgan), shot him in the chest onstage, killing him within moments.

Discography

City Lights
Released: 1957
Cliff Jordan
Released: 1957
Blue Train
Released: 1957
Jazz Message No. 2
Released: 1957
Hank Mobley Sextet
Released: 1957
Sliding Easy
Released: 1959
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
Released: 1959
Drums Around the World
Released: 1959
The Sermon!
Released: 1959
Images of Curtis Fuller
Released: 1960
No Room for Squares
Released: 1964
Grass Roots
Released: 1968
Lift Every Voice
Released: 1970
The Prime Element
Released: 1976
Straight No Filter
Released: 1985