Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions [6CD Limited Edition Box Set] (2000)
Artist: Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter
Title: The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Mosaic Records [MD6-202]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 7:02:17
Total Size: 966 mb / 2.56 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Mosaic Records [MD6-202]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 7:02:17
Total Size: 966 mb / 2.56 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Mosaic Records continues to repackage and remaster previously released and unreleased material by jazz legends past and present. Here, the ongoing saga continues with this sharply produced set featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxophonist Wayne Shorter's recordings for the now defunct, Chicago, IL-based Vee-Jay recording label. With this six-CD compilation, the listener will find meticulously detailed annotations of the story behind Vee-Jay, chronological accounts of the musicians' backgrounds and basically what was transpiring during 1959 and 1961, which denotes the time frame of these sessions. The producers also provide an album index of the original recordings and a reference matrix of the personnel on a per-disc basis. And while Morgan was a rising star who had already released six LPs as a leader for Blue Note records, these works represent Shorter's initial dates as a leader. Here we find Morgan manning a front-line attack with either Shorter performing on tenor sax or his collaborations with alto saxophonist Frank Strozier, drummers Art Blakey, and Louis Hayes, pianist Bobby Timmons, and many others of note who appear throughout the entire scope of these discs. Basically, the music is formulated from within the hard bop vein amid a number of medium-tempo and hard-swinging motifs, ballads, and alternate takes. Shorter proceeded to record a number of exceptional LPs for Blue Note Records, whereas, his already shining star had rapidly risen thanks to his affiliation with Miles Davis and collaboration with keyboardist Joe Zawinul in the pioneering fusion band Weather Report. Meanwhile, Morgan was viewed upon as being the logical successor to trumpeter Clifford Brown as he surged onward to record several timeless classics prior to his tragic death in 1972. Hence, this presentation supplies additional evidence to their everlasting influences as you are treated to Morgan's fluent lines, subtle inflections, radiant lyricism, and Shorter's sinewy attack, penetrating extended notes and optimal utilization of space. Recommended!
:: TRACKLIST ::
The Young Lions
1-1 –The Young Lions - Seeds Of Sin (Alt Tk) 5:46
1-2 –The Young Lions - Seeds Of Sin 5:44
1-3 –The Young Lions - Scourin' (Alt Tk) 6:12
1-4 –The Young Lions - Scourin' 5:53
1-5 –The Young Lions - Fat Lady (Alt Tk) 5:21
1-6 –The Young Lions - Fat Lady 4:58
1-7 –The Young Lions - Peaches And Cream 6:48
1-8 –The Young Lions - That's Right 11:32
Here's Lee Morgan
1-9 –Lee Morgan - Running Brook (First Version) 6:44
1-10 –Lee Morgan - Terrible "T" (First Version) 6:55
2-1 –Lee Morgan - Mogie (First Alt Tk) 7:28
2-2 –Lee Morgan - Mogie (Second Alt Tk) 7:27
2-3 –Lee Morgan - Mogie 7:39
2-4 –Lee Morgan - Off Spring (Alt Tk) 6:36
2-5 –Lee Morgan - Off Spring 6:16
2-6 –Lee Morgan - Bess (Alt Tk) 7:36
2-7 –Lee Morgan - Bess 6:27
2-8 –Lee Morgan - Running Brook (Alt Tk) 6:14
2-9 –Lee Morgan - Running Brook 6:06
2-10 –Lee Morgan - Terrible "T" (Alt Tk) 5:39
2-11 –Lee Morgan - Terrible "T" 5:14
3-1 –Lee Morgan - I'm A Fool To Want You (First Alt Tk) 5:51
3-2 –Lee Morgan - I'm A Fool To Want You 5:33
3-3 –Lee Morgan - I'm A Fool To Want You (Second Alt Tk) 5:46
Expoobident
3-4 –Lee Morgan - Expoobident (Alt Tk) 5:09
3-5 –Lee Morgan - Expoobident 5:00
3-6 –Lee Morgan - Fire (Alt Tk) 5:04
3-7 –Lee Morgan - Fire 4:49
3-8 –Lee Morgan - Just In Time (Alt Tk) 5:43
3-9 –Lee Morgan - Just In Time 3:31
3-10 –Lee Morgan - Triple Track (Alt Tk) 5:10
3-11 –Lee Morgan - Triple Track 5:00
3-12 –Lee Morgan - Easy Living 5:56
3-13 –Lee Morgan - The Hearing 3:35
3-14 –Lee Morgan - Lost And Found 3:32
Introducing Wayne Shorter
4-1 –Wayne Shorter - Blues A La Carte (Alt Tk) 5:40
4-2 –Wayne Shorter - Blues A La Carte 5:37
4-3 –Wayne Shorter - Harry's Last Stand (Alt Tk) 4:58
4-4 –Wayne Shorter - Harry's Last Stand 4:44
4-5 –Wayne Shorter - Down In The Depths (Alt Tk) 10:15
4-6 –Wayne Shorter - Down In The Depths 9:38
4-7 –Wayne Shorter - Pug Nose (Alt Tk) 8:11
4-8 –Wayne Shorter - Pug Nose 6:51
4-9 –Wayne Shorter - Black Diamond (Alt Tk) 7:42
4-10 –Wayne Shorter - Black Diamond 6:02
4-11 –Wayne Shorter - Mack The Knife 6:23
Second Genesis
5-1 –Wayne Shorter - The Ruby And The Pearl (Alt Tk) 7:36
5-2 –Wayne Shorter - The Ruby And The Pearl 5:57
5-3 –Wayne Shorter - Pay As You Go 3:42
5-4 –Wayne Shorter - Second Genesis 4:09
5-5 –Wayne Shorter - Mr. Chairman (Alt Tk) 3:13
5-6 –Wayne Shorter - Mr. Chairman 3:15
5-7 –Wayne Shorter - Tenderfoot (Alt Tk) 2:46
5-8 –Wayne Shorter - Tenderfoot 3:26
5-9 –Wayne Shorter - The Albatross (Alt Tk) 5:11
5-10 –Wayne Shorter - The Albatross 5:23
5-11 –Wayne Shorter - Getting To Know You (Alt Tk) 4:32
5-12 –Wayne Shorter - Getting To Know You 4:19
5-13 –Wayne Shorter - I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5:15
Wayning Moments
6-1 –Wayne Shorter - Black Orpheus (Alt Tk) 4:39
6-2 –Wayne Shorter - Black Orpheus 4:35
6-3 –Wayne Shorter - Dead End (First Alt Tk) 4:38
6-4 –Wayne Shorter - Dead End (Second Alt Tk) 5:10
6-5 –Wayne Shorter - Dead End 4:34
6-6 –Wayne Shorter - All Or Nothing At All (Alt Tk) 2:59
6-7 –Wayne Shorter - All Or Nothing At All 2:57
6-8 –Wayne Shorter - Calloway Went That-A-Way (Alt Tk) 3:57
6-9 –Wayne Shorter - Calloway Went That-A-Way 4:51
6-10 –Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (First Alt Tk) 6:17
6-11 –Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments 4:20
6-12 –Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (Second Alt Tk) 4:19
6-13 –Wayne Shorter - Moon Of Manakoora (Alt Tk) 4:46
6-14 –Wayne Shorter - Moon Of Manakoora 3:43
6-15 –Wayne Shorter - Powder Keg (Alt Tk) 3:36
6-16 –Wayne Shorter - Powder Keg 3:12
6-17 –Wayne Shorter - Devil's Island (Alt Tk) 3:56
6-18 –Wayne Shorter - Devil's Island 3:57
