Search for the New Land is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan. A hard bop set with a group of well-known jazz musicians, Search for the New Land was recorded before The Sidewinder was released and is considered more abstract than its popular predecessor. Although it was recorded in 1964, the album was shelved for two years, then issued with the original catalogue number 84169. It is described by jazz commentator Scott Yanow as “one of the finest Lee Morgan records”. [source]
Search For The New Land / The Joker / Mr. Kenyatta / Melancholee / Morgan The Pirate
Line Up:
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Wayne Shorter – Tenor Sax
Herbie Hancock – Piano
Grant Green – Guitar
Reggie Workman – Bass
Billy Higgins – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – Engineer, remastering
Killer album. I actually stumbled on it as a Grant Green fan. The grooves are tight, and interplay between the musicians is amazing. Definitely deserves more attention than it gets relative to “The Sidewinder.”
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