Lee Morgan - Caramba
Gremal
Seeing that this 1968 Lee session is supposed to be reissued on the 29th, I
am interested in hearing opinions of the cuts on the album. Who wrote most
of the material on Caramba and how's the playing? Thanks.
Jack Woker
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All of the material was written by Lee. The personnel is Bennie
Maupin(ts), Cedar Walton(p), Reginald Workman(b), Billy Higgins(d).
In regards to the playing, I can only say that it is consistent with
any other Lee Morgan album of the period - excellent! At the time this
came out in the late 60's, it was (to me) yet another Morgan album with
a familiar cast, and I passed on it. I had already passed on
"Charisma" and "The Sixth Sense" too, owning a number of similar
albums. Within five years or so, I began to realize the value of all
these Morgan records, and played "catch-up", filling in all the holes
with overlooked gems like these! It's nice to see that this record
will get another go 'round!
jack
Gremal
Jack Woker <ste...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> In <01bbbca2$1d511ec0$2b322299@default> "Gremal" <gre...@earthlink.net>
> writes:
> >
> >Who wrote most of the material on Caramba and how's the playing?
> >Thanks.
>
> All of the material was written by Lee. The personnel is Bennie
> Maupin(ts), Cedar Walton(p), Reginald Workman(b), Billy Higgins(d).
> In regards to the playing, I can only say that it is consistent with
> any other Lee Morgan album of the period - excellent
> jack
>
Excellent, huh? I wish it had been available all along. I knew the lineup
from a discography so there was never any doubt about buying this. Maupin
is one of my favorites and the rest definitely speak for themselves. I
can't wait to check this out. I wonder how many thousands of listens it
will get before BN decides to reissue Sixth Sense or Charisma. Maybe a
million at the rate they're going.
Anyway thanks for the info, Jack. If you have a minute maybe you could let
me know whether there are any ballads or does Lee stick to mostly uptempo
stuff on Caramba?
Ed Purcell
Finally, Caramba, one of my favorite Lee Morgan albums,
will be available on CD ! Thanks for the good news.
Jack Woker
In <01bbbd68$7dcf32c0$85312299@default> "Gremal" <gre...@earthlink.net>
writes:
>> All of the material was written by Lee. The personnel is Bennie
>> Maupin(ts), Cedar Walton(p), Reginald Workman(b), Billy Higgins(d).
>> In regards to the playing, I can only say that it is consistent with
>> any other Lee Morgan album of the period - excellent
>> jack
>>
>Excellent, huh? I wish it had been available all along. I knew the
>lineup from a discography so there was never any doubt about buying
>this. Maupin is one of my favorites and the rest definitely speak for
>themselves. I can't wait to check this out. I wonder how many
>thousands of listens it will get before BN decides to reissue Sixth
>Sense or Charisma. Maybe a million at the rate they're going.
Gee, if they all remained available all the time, there wouldn't be
anything to look forward to, would there? :-)
>Anyway thanks for the info, Jack. If you have a minute maybe you
>could let me know whether there are any ballads or does Lee stick to
>mostly uptempo stuff on Caramba?
No ballads. The material ranges from medium-tempo straight ahead to
latin-inflected semi-funky, much like other Morgan albums.
jack
Gremal
Jack Woker <ste...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> Gee, if they all remained available all the time, there wouldn't be
> anything to look forward to, would there? :-)
. . .nothing except listening to the session of my choice when I get home
from a ruthless day at the office.
> No ballads. The material ranges from medium-tempo straight ahead to
> latin-inflected semi-funky, much like other Morgan albums.
> jack
And that's the way I like Morgan albums--uptempo and emotional horn.
Thanks again. Is there a fast forward button for October?
Herman L Allison
Mike Maida wrote:
>
> I just noticed that the sleeve for my copy of "Tom Cat" gives a catalog no. for a
> CD re-release of "The Rumproller." Anyone know if it really exists?
>
> Also, what the heck is a rumproller, anyway?
>
> Mike Maida
Haven't see the CD, but Rumproller refers to ones behind--preferably a
woman's behind.
JazzyphileMike Maida wrote:
>
> I just noticed that the sleeve for my copy of "Tom Cat" gives a catalog no. for a
> CD re-release of "The Rumproller." Anyone know if it really exists?
>
> Also, what the heck is a rumproller, anyway?
>
> Mike Maida
Mike Maida
Gremal
Herman L Allison <jazz...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> woman's behind.
In response to Mike's first question, the Rumproller only exists as a
Japanese import, but Cuscuna told me that tentative plans are for a March
1997 US reissue. Frankly I hope the reissue contains no bonus cuts because
I have the import and don't want to splurge again on the domestic version.
Also I don't think a rumproller refers to anyone's behind--that would be a
rump. The rumproller was probably one of those trendy dance steps in the
'60s like Lee Morgan helped popularize with The Sidewinder. The chicken.
The mashed potatoes. Etc, etc.
Since this was a followup to the Sidewinder session, which was commercially
successful, BN was looking to capitalize on that success. I feel the
strongest cut on Rumproller is Edda, a Shorter composition.
Garrett Caples
I'm almost certain I've seen a non-import Rumproller here in Berkeley.
Granted the record stores here are better for jazz than anywhere else I've
ever seen, but I think this was just a domestic Blue Note.
Andrew Hill wrote the title song, didn't he?
Garrett
Brad Richman
Very possible. It was originally issued domestically on CD in the late
80s and then deleted by CEMA. You may be seeing the original version of
the CD at that store (snatch it up and mail it to me!), or the import
version (I believe it is available, like most everything else, in Japan).
BTW, Andrew Hill did write the title track.
-- Brad
Jake
Herman L Allison wrote:
>
> Mike Maida wrote:
> >
> > I just noticed that the sleeve for my copy of "Tom Cat" gives a catalog no. for a
> > CD re-release of "The Rumproller." Anyone know if it really exists?
The Bluenote, The Best of Lee Morgan; the Bluenote years, CD has
The Rumproller on it and other fantastic tunes like The Sidewinder
and Cornbread.
Check it out! Lee Morgan's music is a well hidden secret!
Jake
JC Martin
Jake <jk0...@lab3.ca.boeing.com> wrote in article
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Jake.
I believe Mike is talking about the full CD issue of The Rumproller. I
think I saw it in the new True Blue/Mosaic catalog (not sure though).
Also, I didn't get what you meant by Lee's music being a well hidden
secret. I would imagine most people on this newsgroup have experienced
Lee's music in some fashion. I recommend you check out Lee's music by
getting individual titles of his, not Greatest Hits packages. If you want
some of my favorites, E-mail me.
Cheers,
JC Martin
jcma...@jaffe-soeder.com