Search for the New Land

by Lee Morgan

Overview

This set (the CD reissue is a duplicate of the original LP) is one of the finest Lee Morgan records. The great trumpeter contributes five challenging compositions ("Search for the New Land," "The Joker," "Mr. Kenyatta," "Melancholee," and "Morgan the Pirate") that deserve to be revived. Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, guitarist Grant Green, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Billy Higgins are all in particularly creative form on the fresh material, and they stretch the boundaries of hard bop (the modern mainstream jazz of the period). The result is a consistently stimulating set that rewards repeated listenings.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/02/2003
Label:	Blue Note Records
UPC:	0724358091021
catalogNumber:	80910
Rank:	34650

Tracks

1. Search for the New Land
2. The Joker
3. Mr. Kenyatta
4. Melancholee
5. Morgan the Pirate

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Morgan   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Grant Green   Guitar
Herbie Hancock   Piano
Billy Higgins   Drums
Wayne Shorter   Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone
Reggie Workman   Bass
Lee Morgan Quintet   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Lee Morgan   Composer
Micaela Boland   Art Direction
Michael Cuscuna   Reissue Producer
Rudy Van Gelder   Engineer
Alfred Lion   Producer
Francis Wolff   Cover Photo
Bob Blumenthal   Liner Notes
Reid Miles   Cover Design
Neil Hentoff   Liner Notes