Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Complete Vee Jay Sessions [2000] (6 x CDs)

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LEE MORGAN & WAYNE SHORTER

Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Complete Vee Jay Sessions [2000] (6 x CDs)

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! (AMG review by Glenn Astarita)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Seeds Of Sin (Alternate Take) 5:48

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Seeds Of Sin 5:45

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Scourin' (Alternate Take) 6:15

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Scourin' 5:55

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Fat Lady (Alternate Take) 5:23

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Fat Lady 5:00

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Peaches And Cream 6:51

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - That's Right 11:35

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Running Brook (First Version) 6:47

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Terrible 't' (First Version) 6:55

CD2

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mogie (First Alternate Take) 7:32

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mogie (Second Alternate Take) 7:29

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mogie 7:41

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Off Spring (Alternate Take) 6:39

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Off Spring 6:18

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Bess (Alternate Take) 6:39

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Bess 6:29

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Running Brook (Alternate Take) 6:16

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Running Brook 6:08

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Terrible 't' (Alternate Take) 5:41

11 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Terrible 't' 5:14

CD3

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - I'm A Fool To Want You (First Alternate Take) 5:54

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - I'm A Fool To Want You 5:35

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - I'm A Fool To Want You (Second Alternate Take) 5:48

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Expoobident (Alternate Take) 5:12

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Expoobident 5:02

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Fire (Alternate Take) 5:07

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Fire 4:52

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Just In Time (Alternate Take) 5:46

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Just In Time 3:33

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Triple Track (Alternate Take) 5:13

11 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Triple Track 5:03

12 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Easy Living 5:59

13 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Hearing 3:37

14 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Lost And Found 3:32

CD4

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Blues A La Carte (Alternate Take) 5:43

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Blues A La Carte 5:40

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Harry's Last Stand (Alternate Take) 5:01

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Harry's Last Stand 4:46

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Down In The Depths (Alternate Take) 10:18

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Down In The Depths 9:40

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Pug Nose (Alternate Take) 8:14

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Pug Nose 6:54

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Black Diamond (Alternate Take) 7:46

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Black Diamond 6:06

11 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mack The Knife 6:23

CD5

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Ruby And The Pearl (Alternate Take) 7:39

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Ruby And The Pearl 5:59

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Pay As You Go 3:45

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Second Genesis 4:13

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mr. Chairman (Alternate Take) 3:16

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Mr. Chairman 3:17

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Tenderfoot (Alternate Take) 2:50

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Tenderfoot 3:29

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Albatross (Alternate Take) 5:14

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - The Albatross 5:26

11 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Getting To Know You (Alternate Take) 4:35

12 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Getting To Know You 4:20

13 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - I Didn't Know What Time It Was 5:30

CD6

01 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Black Orpheus (Alternate Take) 4:42

02 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Black Orpheus 4:38

03 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Dead End (First Alternate Take) 4:41

04 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Dead End (Second Alternate Take) 5:12

05 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Dead End 4:36

06 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - All Or Nothing At All (Alternate Take) 3:01

07 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - All Or Nothing At All 2:59

08 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Calloway Went That-A-Way (Alternate Take) 4:00

09 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Calloway Went That-A-Way 4:52

10 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (First Alternate Take) 6:20

11 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (Alternate Take) 4:22

12 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Wayning Moments (Second Alternate Take) 4:22

13 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Moon Of Manakoora (Alternate Take) 4:49

14 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Moon Of Manakoora 3:45

15 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Powder Keg (Alternate Take) 3:38

16 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Powder Keg 3:14

17 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Devil's Island (Alternate Take) 4:00

18 Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter - Devil's Island 3:54

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