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Lee Morgan

1938 - 1972

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Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter, and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Morgan stayed with Blakey until 1961 and started to record as leader in the late '50s. Morgan's solo recordings often alternated between conventional hard bop sessions and more adventurous post-bop and avant-garde experiments, many of which did not see release during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Morgan is the 784th most popular musician (down from 694th in 2019), the 4,298th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,511th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Lee Morgan ranks 784 out of 3,175. Before him are Mick Box, Moondog, Bob Seger, Eduard van Beinum, Harold Faltermeyer, and Vinnie Vincent. After him are Allan Holdsworth, Brian Robertson, Andrew Hill, Eddie Vedder, Horace Silver, and Oliver Riedel.

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Among people born in 1938, Lee Morgan ranks 236. Before him are McCoy Tyner, Jayant Narlikar, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Sigitas Tamkevičius, and Willi Schulz. After him are Deniz Baykal, Paolo Romeo, Ralph Bakshi, Liya Akhedzhakova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, and Gianluigi Saccaro. Among people deceased in 1972, Lee Morgan ranks 118. Before him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Günter Eich, Robert Casadesus, Lee Beom-seok, David Hall, and Bruce Cabot. After him are Mahendra of Nepal, Hermann Boehm, Pierre Brasseur, Robert H. MacArthur, Milton L. Humason, and August Zaleski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Morgan ranks 4,298 out of 20,380. Before him are Tomas Arana (1955), Brett Lunger (1945), Kieran Culkin (1982), Frank Muller (1862), Stephen Bishop (1951), and Dan O'Bannon (1946). After him are Hal Ashby (1929), Bob Iger (1951), Jerry Brudos (1939), Bud Cort (1948), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), and Andrew Yang (1975).

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Among musicians born in United States, Lee Morgan ranks 252. Before him are Scott Walker (1943), Buddy Guy (1936), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Moondog (1916), Bob Seger (1945), and Vinnie Vincent (1952). After him are Andrew Hill (1931), Eddie Vedder (1964), Horace Silver (1928), John Michael Talbot (1954), Ira Gershwin (1896), and Kenny G (1956).

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