Lee Morgan
trumpet
Trumpeter; Barry played piano on his album The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963) and says he made up the introduction to its title tune.
- mentions
- 6
- recordings
- 6
- Barry speaking
- 1
What Barry says
Barry says he made up the introduction to Sidewinder, which was later used in a commercial, yet he never got anything from it. With residuals from that, he says, he could be in good shape; jazz musicians get very few royalties.
Asked by Ted Panken whether he recorded with Lee Morgan too, Barry says yes, a couple of times. The question comes as he recalls his early New York work with Yusef Lateef, Wes Montgomery, Charles McPherson and Lonnie Hillyer.
Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶278Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶279Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶280
In his own words
I made up the introduction to... Sidewinder, and that was used as a commercial... I never got anything from that... If I could have gotten some residuals from that, I could be in good shape.
Every mention
6 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Interview: Bird, Hawkins, Monk and New York
- 23:30
Barry made up the introduction to Sidewinder, later used in a commercial, and got nothing for it.
My Chat With Chris Parks From Things I Learned From Barry Harris
- 49:27
A student
Chris Parks: Barry’s most famous recording is Lee Morgan’s Sidewinder, yet Barry never talked about it.
Barry Harris, Red Rodney, Charles McPherson, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley - 1992-08-29, Riverside Park
- 34:13
Someone else
Radio feature: Barry stocked a bowling-alley jukebox with Sidewinder; strangers learn he played on it.
Barry Harris Spanish TV
- 7:18
Someone else
Spanish TV narrator: players like Dexter Gordon or Lee Morgan called Barry for their records.
Detroit Jazz: Ancient to the Future
- 2:12
Someone else
A poet’s roll call of trumpeters names Lee Morgan with Clifford Brown and Donald Byrd.
JAZZ NOTES 026 | Jazz Biography | Jazz From Detroit Pt 2 | Jazz Radio
- 21:22
Someone else
Radio host plays Marion Hayden’s tribute to a Lee Morgan composition, Mr. Kenyatta.
In the interviews and notes
Asked whether he recorded with Lee Morgan, Barry says yes, a couple of times, and moves on to working with Sonny Red at Slugs.
Panken writes that after Barry moved to New York with Cannonball Adderley in 1960, he found occasional gigs with people like Yusef Lateef and Lee Morgan, and later Wes Montgomery and Charles McPherson.
JazzTimes names Lee Morgan among the masters Barry supported as a sideman, and gives Morgan’s The Sidewinder as one of the classic records on which Barry can be heard.
unknown (JazzTimes; the byline is missing on the current site), Barry Harris: Teacher Man ¶4
Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963) is on the short recommended-listening list at the end of Andrew Velez’s profile of Barry.
Andrew Velez, Barry Harris: A Thousand Percent Music Man ¶19Andrew Velez, Barry Harris: A Thousand Percent Music Man ¶22
Schermer’s introduction says Barry’s career took off when he moved to New York, where he performed and recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Hank Mobley, Coleman Hawkins and Lee Morgan.
García-Valdecasas names Lee Morgan with Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach and Dexter Gordon among the jazz artists Barry recorded with.
George Coleman tells students to learn bebop first, because the bebop players could play everything; he gives Lee Morgan as an example.
Recordings that name them
Barry’s performances and records in the archive that credit or name them.
- [MONO LP] Lee Morgan Quintet – Take Twelve2026, 41 min YouTube
- Episode 10- Why Lee Morgan’s Take Twelve Was His Comeback Record (1962)2026, 25 min YouTube
- Barry Harris, Red Rodney, Charles McPherson, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley - 1992-08-29, Riverside ParkNew York City, 1992, 35 min YouTube
- Little Spain - Lee Morgan Quintet2020, 8 min YouTube
- Lee-Sure Time - Lee Morgan Quintet2020, 9 min YouTube
- Barry Harris Spanish TVMadrid, 1988, 47 min YouTube
- The Siderwinder (Jazz 1963)-Lee Morgan-Joe Henderson-Barry Harris2012, 9 min YouTube
- Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder2012, 10 min YouTube
- Lee Morgan - Totem Pole2011, 10 min YouTube
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.