Lee Morgan "Take Twelve" LP

• Vinyl LP
• Jazz music

Lee Morgan leads this 1962 quintet date with Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Barry Harris on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Louis Hayes on drums. Take Twelve sits in the hard-bop tradition, with written themes giving the players a clear framework for open, conversational solos. It captures Morgan before The Sidewinder, already an assured leader with a forceful, lyrical trumpet sound.

“it generally has the spontaneity of a jam session”

— Scott Yanow, AllMusic. Read the review.

Track listing

1. Raggedy Ann
2. A Waltz for Fran
3. Lee-sure Time
4. Second S Best [alt. Take]
5. Little Spain
6. Take Twelve
7. Second S Best
8. I M a Fool to Want You

Listen: The Sidewinder (Remastered 1999/Rudy Van Gelder Edition) — artist listening sample

UPC: 8435723702214