Lee Morgan
Trumpet Solo on
Blues March

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Lee Morgan's trumpet solo is the opening of 4 solos on this recording, followed by Art Blakey on drums. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a moderate 130 BPM with a march feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:09. Lee Morgan's three trumpet choruses are models of melodic invention within the blues form, his bright tone and confident phrasing projecting a youthful authority that belies his twenty years. Lee Morgan was 19 to 20 years old at the time of this 1958 recording.

Lee Morgan was 19 to 20 years old at the time.