Frank Morgan (musician)

Frank Morgan ( born December 23, 1933, Minneapolis, Minnesota, † December 14, 2007 ) was an American jazz musician ( saxophonist ) of the hard bop.

Life

Frank Morgan grew up in Minnesota on, began his career as a professional musician in the bebop scene of the west coast, however, drug problems interrupted his career over again. His style is heavily influenced by Charlie Parker; Since the 1950s, he took on a large number of albums, like his debut with the West Coast musicians Conte Candoli, Wardell Gray, Carl Perkins, Leroy and Lawrence Marable Vinnegar. 1985 he managed a comeback with the album Easy Living with Cedar Walton and Billy Higgins. In 1986 he joined with the trio of Cedar Walton, and Johnny Coles at New York's Village Vanguard with a program of songs by Ellington, Monk, Parker and Jackie McLean on ( Bebop Lives! ). Attention was paid to his other recordings made in the 1980s and 1990s, as the 1987 album Major Changes on Contemporary Records with McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe and Louis Hayes or Reflections from 1989 with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter and al Foster. As a sideman, Morgan participated in recordings by Teddy Charles, Terry Gibbs, Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke ( Telefunken Blues, 1955) with, most recently with his old friend Art Farmer from his time on the West Coast ( Central Avenue Reunion, 1989). In 1998, Morgan suffered a stroke, but was still able to continue his career.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Gene Norman Presents Frank Morgan (GNP / Fresh Sound, 1955) with Wardell Gray, Conte Candoli, Howard Roberts, Carl Perkins, Wild Bill Davis
  • Easy Living ( OJC, 1985) with Cedar Walton, Tony Dumas, Billy Higgins
  • Double Image (Contemporary, 1986) with George Cables
  • Major Changes ( Contemporary, 1987) with McCoy Tyner, Avery Sharpe, Louis Hayes
  • Yardbird Suite ( OJC, 1988) with Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter, Al Foster
  • Reflections ( OJC, 1989) with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Mulgrew Miller, Ron Carter, Al Foster
  • Bop! ( Telarc, 1996) with Ray Drummond, Curtis Lundy
Leroy Vinnegar GNP Crescendo Record Co. Kenny Burrell Grady Tate Ian Carr Brian Priestley Richard Cook (journalist) Integrated Authority File
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