The Last Session (Lee Morgan album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Lee Morgan (The Last Session)

| type = studio

| cover = The Last Session.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1972[https://books.google.com/books?id=6icEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Lee+Morgan+Lee+Morgan&pg=PA21 Billboard May 20, 1972]

| recorded = September 17–18, 1971

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Post-bop, jazz fusion

| length = 66:51

| label = Blue Note
BST 84901

| producer = George Butler

| prev_title = Live at the Lighthouse

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

Lee Morgan (retroactively titled The Last Session) is the final studio album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, released only after his death in 1972. It was originally released on the Blue Note label in 1972 as a double LP, and features performances by Morgan, Grachan Moncur III, Bobbi Humphrey, Billy Harper, Harold Mabern, Reggie Workman, Jymie Merritt and Freddie Waits.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars, noting that with his last studio recordings Morgan took a step towards jazz fusion without sacrificing his artistic integrity: "It is unfortunate that the brilliant and forward-thinking Morgan was cut down at such a young age, for as the music was changing, he would have adapted, as this final statement valiantly suggests."Nastos, M. [http://allmusic.com/album/the-last-session-r342828/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 27, 2011

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|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}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X