Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder" (Blue Note Essentials Series) 2023-05-26 looms high above the Oklahoma

looms high above the Oklahoma City skyline while a burnt-out home or storefront envelops the foreground

after three albums and years of touring - as the Kinks meet WWII or Bob Seger meets Enya

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Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder" (Blue Note Essentials Series) 2023-05-26 looms high above the OklahomaLee Morgans magnum opus The Sidewinderrecorded in 1963 and release in 1964was both a comeback and a coronation. The prodigious trumpeter had debuted on Blue Note in 1956 at the age of 18, but personal problems in the early 60s forced him off the scene temporarily. His rebound recording turned out to be The Sidewinder, an assured and energetic set of 5 indelible Morgan originals featuring tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Barry Harris, bassist