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Review of the Lee Morgan CD Sonic Boom

By: Clyde Dennis

The exceptionally talented Jazz artist Lee Morgan has released him CD entitled Sonic Boom. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Lee Morgan fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Sonic Boom Lee Morgan’s artistic excellence is on full display as Morgan has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.

Lee Morgan has been a heavy hitter in the Jazz genre for quite a while now and Sonic Boom is an excellent illustration as to why.

Sonic Boom is a pleasantly varied, mix of 13 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly talented artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own personal experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

Overall Sonic Boom is an outstanding release. Quite possibly Lee Morgan's best to date. Really spectacular from beginning to end. If you're even mildly into Jazz music you'll enjoy this CD.

While this entire CD is outstanding some of my favorites are track 5 - I’ll Never Be The Same, track 8 - Stormy Weather, and track 12 - Claw-Til-Da

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Sneaky Pete. This is a great track!

Sonic Boom Release Notes:

Lee Morgan originally released Sonic Boom on October 7, 2003 on the Blue Note Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Sneaky Pete 2. Mercenary, The 3. Sonic Boom 4. Fathead 5. I'll Never Be The Same 6. Mumbo Jumbo 7. Free Flow 8. Stormy Weather 9. Mr. Johnson 10. Stroker, The 11. Uncle Rough 12. Claw-Til-Da 13. Untitled Boogaloo

Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); David "Fathead" Newman, George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Julian Prester (trombone); Cedar Walton, Harold Mabern (piano); Ron Carter, Walter Booker (bass); Billy Higgins, Mickey Roker (drums).

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