Introducing Lee Morgan

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{{Infobox album

| name = Introducing Lee Morgan

| type = studio

| artist = Lee Morgan With Hank Mobley's Quintet

| cover = Introducing Lee Morgan.jpg

| released = 1956

| recorded = November 5 & 7, 1956

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ

| genre = Jazz, hard bop

| length = 36:15

| label = Savoy
MG 12091

| producer = Ozzie Cadena

| chronology = Lee Morgan

| prev_title = Lee Morgan Indeed!

| prev_year = 1956

| next_title = Lee Morgan Sextet

| next_year = 1956

}}

Introducing Lee Morgan is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan with Hank Mobley's quintet released on the Savoy label. It was recorded on November 5 and 7, 1956, and features performances by Morgan with Hank Mobley, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "At the time Morgan (who was just 17) was very much under the musical influence of Clifford Brown although a bit of his own personality was starting to shine through".Yanow, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/introducing-lee-morgan-r163044/review Allmusic Review] accessed November 16, 2011.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1041 }}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Hank's Shout" (Mobley) - 7:03
  2. "Nostalgia" (Navarro) - 8:53
  3. "Bet" (Watkins) - 7:56
  4. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Hammerstein, Romberg) - 2:29
  5. "P.S. I Love You" (Jenkins, Mercer) - 4:22
  6. "Easy Living" (Rainger, Robin) - 2:49
  7. "That's All" (Alan Brandt, Haymes) - 2:43

Recorded on November 5 (1, 3-7) and 7 (#2), 1956.

Personnel

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