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This classic Blue Note session finds trumpeter Lee Morgan not having to battle other horns, just front-and-center with an all-star trio behind him. This was his only quartet recording as a leader, for Blue Note. The exquisite Sonny Clark on piano, Doug Watkins' solid bass and the ever-tasteful Art Taylor behind the drums complete these sessions recorded in Hackensack by RVG in Nov. '57 and Feb. '58. Loaded with standards, it's a hard-bop masterpiece that both swings and shows the ballad side of one of the defining young trumpeters from the late '50s - early '60s. Not discounting the contributions from the rhythm section, the high-caliber interplay between just trumpet and piano is a rare treat and a marvel to behold.
Morgan's "Candy," like Kenny Dorham's "Quiet Kenny," is the only quartet session by the trumpeter. It wears better than some other things I've been listening to ("The Cooker," "City Lights," "The Gigolo"), with Morgan no less impressive on a restrained, tasteful, meditative "All the Way" than on the up-tempo tracks. Also, this is simply an untouchable rhythm section, with Doug Watkins' bass providing its usual vibrant, "living" pulse and rich but not exaggerated sound. If this one is reissued, I'm hoping it's not as another RVG remaster (the spiking of bass and drums, however welcome to younger ears--or, for that matter, to older ears that have begun to lose sensitivity to low and high frequencies--is not necessarily an improvement). This one sounds fine just as it is (and you can hardly beat the current Amazon price).
