The Sidewinder
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40:59 |
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Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack (New Jersey) |
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The Sidewinder is a jazz album by Lee Morgan that was recorded on December 21, 1963 and released on Blue Note Records the following year .
The album
The Sidewinder album is now one of the classic soul jazz recordings . The title track in particular was one of the definitive pieces in this genre and has become a much-played jazz standard . In addition to the solos, Harris' accompanying work should be emphasized there, as he uses a very well thought-out voice guidance in contrast to the other pieces on the album and a very haunting, tremolo-like, slow, deep continuous trill appears in the accompaniment, slightly changed over the harmonies. It was also released as a single in the 1960s. The album was a great success for Blue Note and is now one of the most influential records on the jazz label. The other tracks on the album follow hard bop stylistically . With the following albums on Blue Note, Lee Morgan tried to repeat the success of "The Sidewinder", but did not succeed.
Besides Morgan, the most important musician was the then 26-year-old tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson , who had just returned to New York from Philadelphia . All titles are written by Lee Morgan. The album was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder ; the liner notes are from Leonard Feather .
The titles
All compositions are by Lee Morgan .
- page 1
- 1. The Sidewinder - 10:21
- 2. Totem Pole - 10:11
- Page 2
- 3. Gary's Notebook - 6:03
- 4. Boy, What a Night - 7:30
- 5. Hocus Pocus - 6:21
reception
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| Allmusic |
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| All about jazz |
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| Penguin Guide to Jazz |
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The released single was a successful "surprise hit" in the pop charts in 1964. “With the pithy bang” Morgan “finally got the funk jazz that was already vaguely floating in the air on the way”. In their Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, Richard Cook and Brian Morton awarded the album the highest rating of four stars with the addition of the "crown" for an extraordinary album.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder on YouTube
- The album in the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library (English)
- Excerpt from the liner notes by Leonard Feather and other information (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review by Stacia Proefrock on allmusic.com (accessed May 30, 2018)
- ↑ Review by Marc Davis on allaboutjazz.com (accessed May 30, 2018)
- ↑ a b Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List on tomhull.com (accessed May 30, 2018)
- ↑ Jörg Alisch about Lee Morgan ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
