Lee Morgan
Trumpet Solo on
I'm Old Fashioned

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Lee Morgan's trumpet solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Kenny Drew's piano. Spanning 0.67 choruses of the 36-bar ABA'A'' form at a ballad tempo of 80 BPM in E♭, the solo runs approximately 1:11. Lee Morgan closes with approximately two-thirds of a chorus, his trumpet tone conveying a youthful tenderness that belies his formidable technical abilities. "I'm Old Fashioned" is a ballad performance from John Coltrane's 1957 album Blue Trane, offering a lyrical contrast to the album's more intense up-tempo vehicles. Lee Morgan was 18 to 19 years old at the time of this 1957 recording.

Lee Morgan was 18 to 19 years old at the time.