Lee Morgan - Lee-Way (Classic Vinyl)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 7806987
Barcode: 602478069871
Release Date: 17 Jul 2026
Genre: Jazz

Lee Morgan hadn’t cut a Blue Note session for more than two years when he entered Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs on April 28, 1960 to record Leeway. What was produced that day was vintage hard bop of the highest quality with the trumpeter leading a top-flight quintet featuring Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. The 4-song set includes Morgan’s hard-driving tribute to Blue Note’s founders “The Lion And The Wolff,” McLean’s emphatic “Midtown Blues,” and two pieces by composer Cal Massey: the easy-swinging “These Are Soulful Days” and rousing “Nakatini Suite.”

These Are Soulful Days
The Lion and the Wolff
Midtown Blues
Nakatini Suite