Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series, LP Vinyl)

$29.98

Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
180g Vinyl LP
All-Analog Pressing
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes
Manufactured at Optimal in Germany

RELEASE DATE: 2/16/2024

DESCRIPTION

Two months after recording what would become his hit record The Sidewinder, trumpeter Lee Morgan returned to Van Gelder Studio in February 1964 to create his masterful album Search for the New Land. For the session, Morgan assembled a sextet consisting of several young stars of the Blue Note roster including Herbie Hancock on piano, Grant Green on guitar, and Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, along with the dynamic rhythm team of bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Billy Higgins. The album opens with the expansive 16-minute title track, a musical odyssey that alternates a shimmering rubato theme with a loping exploration by each soloist. Four more indelible Morgan originals follow including jaunty numbers such as "The Joker" and "Morgan the Pirate," as well as the plaintive ballad "Melancholee."

This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.

TRACKLIST

Side I:
Search for the New Land
The Joker

Side II:
Mr. Kenyatta
Melancholee
Morgan the Pirate

LABEL: Blue Note Records
UPC: 602458319941