Lee Morgan-Ceora

[Mrthelonius11]

in the intro herbie plays so far behind the beat. I don't think any julliard music major could transcribe it. at least not w/ 256th notes.

[88keysallday]

anybody think this song could be slightly responsible for any smooth jazz out there today?

[snazzysavvy]

on REPEAT. <3

[BillyBobJoe06]

Trumpet solo starts at 2:03 for anyone looking for it.

Im using this solo for my jazz band audition, its pretty tight

[plimbuff]

@BillyBobJoe06, cool. Although,

The point of jazz to IMPROVISE, rather than just coping an entire solo note for note. You'd better hope who ever is auditioning you doesn't recognize it.

[BillyBobJoe06]

@plimbuff yeah dont the solo isnt supposed to be improve its supposed to be a excerpt of a song. I have to improve as a seperate part of the audition.

[blue0eyed0pianist]

@BillyBobJoe06 and @plimbuff as well.... while improvising is of course the main goal of jazz, transcribing existing solos from great artists is an important skill for jazz students. I'm currently studying jazz piano at university, and we have to perform a transcribed solo at every jury. Good for you, BillyBob!! If you're already transcribing good stuff, more power to ya. You can learn so much from playing what the masters played!

[plimbuff]

@BillyBobJoe06, cool.

I guess blue0eyed0pianist and I are just typical annoying youtubers whom make a habit of telling people stuff they already know.

Sorry bout that.

[frankiepace]

One of the best songs of the Morgan collection. Intricate, warm, melodic

[regionboy13]

Now this is real music for chillin'.

[E110g4r]

I Miss the Messengers during the days of Lee and Wayne

[ViktorPavlovic]

For a comparison between "Ceora" and “If someone had told me” see

DelightfuLee: the life and music of Lee Morgan, by Jeffery S. McMillan, pp. 151-152.

[jazznik2]

One of the all-time great jazz tunes, no doubt. Tho, probably not many people know that it is based on an obscure standard called "If someone had told me". You can hear this tune on the CD/album 'The Magnificent Thad Jones' on Blue Note, a very good album in it's own right.

[Mr1drumlover]

One of my all time favorite tunes!!!! Herbie's solo is sooooo sweet!!!!!! What a goove!!!

[andifyouhadtwocoats]

corny, soto say ---- a shitty trumpet and a loudy groofe#

thats not real jazz

rab

[Mr1drumlover]

@andifyouhadtwocoats you are a douche bag!!!!!!!!! Thanks, and good night

[Coastergamer200]

@andifyouhadtwocoats How about your a fuckin shithead at it's finest. You have SERIOUS issues if your mind can not understand jazz......(ah Just another musically illiterate punk cranked out of today's societies bimbo's.)

[kfdisawesome]

@andifyouhadtwocoats u have got to be kidding me.....

is this guy for real???

[123akhetaten]

@andifyouhadtwocoats r u a comedian or u just crazy

[plimbuff]

@andifyouhadtwocoats, hello Troll.

Rap is Bisexual, Country music is into incest, Punk Rock is a huge child molester, and Classical music prefers beastiality.

So, what's wrong with jazz prefering hot sweaty gay butt sex, just like you do?

[william52648]

I was priviledged to have seen Lee Morgan @ the Lighthouse in Cali, just 2 weeks before he was killed in 1970...great talent !!!

[Mr1drumlover]

@william52648 Wow, who was playing with him?

[GENERALWARMACHINE]

@william52648 dang, your lucky. how was he? like did he do everything flawless?

[mrmiles725]

The best music ALWAYS conjures up some sort of imagery for me. When I hear this(especially Herbie's beautiful intro) I think of sitting in your beach front property with a glass of vin rouge, watching the sunset. Ahhhhhhhhhh...

[3arik]

One of the greatest songs of all time... and when to listen to it in the spring or summer is priceless

[drmusa89]

@3arik I wholesomely agree!

[raulmt74]

excelente melodia,para el unico amor de mi vida Claudia

[VJSco]

nice :)

[wsegen]

youTube is coming of age when you can find people like lee morgan on it. the last year of blossoming has convinced me. kudos.

[Rob18SD]

one of my all time favorite lee morgan songs i love him. his expression is only eclisped by that of clifford brown his friend and mentor. RIP clifford and Lee let the good jazz still be played for years to come.

[copedogg888]

its so obvious how much of an influence Lee had on Roy Hargrove. good stuff.

[claybornwilliams]

Thank You, jeanfre55, for taking the time to give youtube, this tune and the rest of us. Thanks,jeanfre55.

[kzm25697]

very touchin'!

[tdnares]

My very first album I was 17 years old. Still gets to me.

[ladytrumpet010]

Lee Morgan is one of the best trumpeters from the Philly side...definately not far from some of the best musicians in Camden...soon to be and are...

[scottie1456]

bitchin' head

[spellerlittlewing]

great song

[freelink34]

i love this song

we played it at the top jazz band at the texas tech band camp

i got to play 1st tenor part!

[EMCEMITCH]

whos on sax is it george coleman

[Solis1112]

it says right in the description that its Hank Mobley

[Snoohi1]

it's hank mobley

[Katteahunleshed]

beautiful song- i love it

[iwrotesham]

Just gorgeous. Beautifully understated Herbie...but what a set of changes to work with.

[mumbleora]

I always think of of whatMiles was said to say to Herbie after he had auditioned for him. In that gruff voice "Nice touch".

Lee soars with clear references to his influence, the supreme Clifford Brown.

[joshuasound]

perhaps the most beautiful song ever written.

G-d bless Lee Morgan

[JNieckarz]

I was just thinking the same thing. A friend of mine intrduced me to Lee Morgan back in college. Needless to say, we chated it up about the genies of Lee Morgan while drinking some 4d's. ;-)

[JNieckarz]

genies = genius

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

A timeless experience. Lee Morgan surely was one of the most creative and inventive trumpeters ever. An amazing sound.

Feel free to drop by my jazz & swing blog which was praised recently by the great Marc Meyers of JazzWax. For link see profile.

Yours,

Brew "Surfboard" Leicht

[Zitbam19]

Thanks for posting this!!! Do you have 'Totem Pole' by him. If you do please post it. This was simply beautiful!

[JazzPoetic65]

Nostalgic piece....

[theirlinator]

amazing song. would sound even better on flugel

[elduro0001]

ceora is a great song...And lee morgan did a good job in projecting the feeling that was meant through this song.

[summerluv4vicky]

i just watched wyston marsalis and crew's performance of this, and it was beautiful. just shows that this is absolutely timeless.

[gimps42]

i totally agree, Ted Nash wrote a great arrangement

[epeoples]

This cut is perfect exactly the way it is. Lee was awesome.

-ep

[foolaloof]

perfect as it teases  with both hint of and desire for supreme

[BilaalUSA]

This particular cut would have been better suited for Hancock with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard comping alongside Dexter Gordon on tenor sax. Then again it would not have been as noticed under Morgan's lead.

[MagicRain505]

Well... I don't know. Their particular styles wouldn't exactly fit this era. Jackie Mclean is one of those people that adds something to the table (especially since he plays alto). Lee was really great at playing with two extra horns in contrasting registers (Lee with Trane and Fuller on Blue Trane recordings). Dex and Freddie are tremendously great musicians, but... Freddie doesn't exactly sound like Lee. It would be different for the era. So it would just sound like them, not "better."

[RSemar11]

Are you really suggesting that Ceora would be better without Lee Morgan?

Like.....really?

[ronpolla]

I am working on a film to accompany this tune, I hope you don't mind me responding with it.

Peace!!

[YIUsed2be]

Herbie, Herbie,Herbie. Has just an amazing touch.Clearly Red Garland influenced but definitley his own style.

Lee showed his genius again when he penned this classis. Thanks for leaving us with this gem.

[claybornwilliams]

thank you so much,for the real ceora.

Fazz Black

[tripp05]

you forgot lee morgan.