The Rumproller
{{Infobox album
| name = The Rumproller
| type = studio
| artist = Lee Morgan
| cover = The Rumproller.jpg
| alt =
| released = Mid January 1966[https://books.google.com/books?id=7SgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rumproller&pg=PA63 Billboard Jan 15, 1966]
| recorded = April 9 & 21, 1965
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 48:14
| label = Blue Note
BST 84199
| producer = Alfred Lion
| prev_title = Tom Cat
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = The Gigolo
| next_year = 1965
}}
The Rumproller is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded mainly on April 21, 1965 and features performances by Morgan with Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles, and Billy Higgins.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "This album is worth picking up but it is not essential."{{AllMusic|first= Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000247714 |title=Lee Morgan: The Rumproller – Review |accessdate=April 21, 2020}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Down Beat: March 24, 1966 vol. 33, no. 6
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev3Score = {{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=1039 }}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|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
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/147 147]
}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Lee Morgan except where noted
- "The Rumproller" (Andrew Hill) - 10:29
- "Desert Moonlight" - 9:26
- "Eclipso" - 6:56
- "Edda" (Wayne Shorter) - 7:23
- "The Lady" (Rudy Stevenson) - 7:34
Bonus track on CD reissue:
- "Venus di Mildew" (Shorter) - 6:26
Personnel
References
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{{Lee Morgan}}
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Category:Blue Note Records albums