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Another Time-  Sept 1 2017

Very interesting article, Alex. Thanks for that and I am looking forward to seeing the film. Almost too difficult to absorb just how much "life" some of these great artists experienced; and, sometimes didn't. Along with the great art so much of it was disfuncional, dark and even unethical; and, sobering as it may be, perhaps that was part of what made the art so great. Ain’t life interesting?! I like the article author’s writing style and this is a great description of Morgan’s style that perfectly describes my take on Morgan’s playing; the "strut" and the "story"!:

**His sound was bright, brash, and sassy: like James Brown’s early work, it had the seductively strutting arrogance of youth. Morgan was a funky, down-home player, with a penchant for “smeared,” dirty notes, but he was also a subtle and calculating musical thinker who constructed his solos as if they were stories. **

No fireworks, just great storytelling:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAwFV0clcM

Thank you Alex for a very good story. I will try to get back with an extended comment.

Coincidentally, my favorite tune by Lee, is "Search for The New Land"


          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDfkkRa1VA8

True crimes of passion are the most unpremeditated forms of murder to ever occur, and neither party is 100% innocent or guilty; the bereaved or the perpetrator of the murder. If the deceased had just thought about the "volatility" of true love before he took those last minute actions that caused his demise, he would not have died at that moment.

For the perpetrator of the murder, it's all a bad dream, they don't even know what happened; there was either a gun, or a knife handy that instantly found it's way to her lovers heart. While in the case of Helen Morgan, she had absolutely no intention of killing Lee Morgan, he died from loss of blood.

The same passion that takes people to heaven can also take them to hell. After it's all over, someone has to take responsibility for the corpse; we can not simply explain it away by saying, "She was consumed by the passion of the moment, and had no idea what she was doing; it was the passion that made her do it, but that is precisely what happened.

I think when this is truly the case, those people should be let free; they are even more grieved than anyone, because no one loved the deceased more than they.


As much as I like the albums by Lee Morgan that I have, from here going forward, I'll focus on his solo's that gave other artists hit records. 


Enjoy the music.

You are in serious need of mental help !