Lee morgan trumpet wiki
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Lee morgan!
Last week, my dear friend and fellow jazz-lover, Eric, told me about the movie, I Called Him Morgan. It&#;s a fascinating film about the short, brilliant life and tragic end of jazz trumpeter, Lee Morgan.
It&#;s an amazing movie full of fantastic music, and interviews along with lovely black & white photographs.
Lee morgan trumpet wiki
Many of the photos clearly showed the trumpets Morgan played at various stages in his career. I recognized a Conn 8B, a French Besson Brevete and what I&#;m almost positive was a lowly Olds Ambassador. My guess is that the Olds was the lone survivor during Morgan&#;s hard times when his more valuable instruments likely found their way into the local pawnshop.
It&#;s always a sad day, especially for such a great musician, to give up a special instrument.
Me?
When I was in junior high school I got really lucky when it came to trumpets. When I was in 7th grade our junior high school got a new music director. The outgoing teacher was a local legend and the 8th and 9th grad