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Lee Morgan's trumpet solo is the 2nd of 3 on this recording, following Joe Henderson's tenor sax and followed by Barry Harris on piano. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 180 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:13. Morgan follows with three trumpet choruses of hard-swinging brilliance, his melodic ideas flowing with the rhythmic confidence that made him one of hard bop's most exciting improvisers. "Gary's Notebook" is a minor-key blues original by Lee Morgan from his 1963 Blue Note album The Sidewinder. Lee Morgan was 24 to 25 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.
Lee Morgan was 24 to 25 years old at the time.
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