Lee Morgan - The Gigolo (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) - VINYL LP

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Following the runaway success of The Sidewinder in 1964, Alfred Lion continued to record trumpeter Lee Morgan frequently in the hopes of capturing another funky boogaloo hit. While his subsequent albums may not have scaled the same commercial heights, Morgan certainly delivered the musical goods on his 1965 albums The Rumproller, The Gigolo, and Cornbread, all of which stand among the finest outings in his formidable discography. Recorded over two dates that Summer, The Gigolo featured Morgan with a dynamic quintet comprised of Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Harold Mabern on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums. A supremely confident set of swaggering hard bop, the album kicks off with the groovy opener InchYes I Can, No You Can't,Inch one of four Morgan originals featured here along with the up-tempo gems InchTrappedInch and InchSpeedball,Inch and stirring explorations of the 11-minute InchThe Gigolo.Inch The album closes with an exceptional arrangement of the ballad InchYou Go To My HeadInch which sways with sensual movement. Album Tracks 1. Yes I Can, No You Can't 2. Trapped 3. Speedball 4. The Gigolo 5. You Go to My Head