Lee Morgan - His Life, Music and Culture (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

This is the first biography of the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan (1938-72). He was a prodigy: recruited to Dizzy Gillespie's big band while still a teenager, joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers not much after, by his early-20s Morgan had played on four continents and dozens of albums. The trumpeter would go on to cultivate a personal and highly influential style, and to make records - most notably "The Sidewinder" - which would sell amounts almost unheard of in jazz. While what should have been Morgan's most successful years were hampered by a heroin addiction, the ascendant black liberation movement of the late-60s gave the musician a new, political impulse, and he returned to the jazz scene to become a vociferous campaigner for black musicians' rights and representation. But Morgan's personal life remained troubled, and during a fight with his girlfriend at a New York club, he was shot and killed, aged 33.

General

Imprint:	Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Popular Music History
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	Tom Perchard
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84553-382-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Wind instruments > General
LSN:	1-84553-382-8
Barcode:	9781845533823

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