Take Twelve
1962 studio album by Lee Morgan
Take Twelve | ||||
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Studio album by Lee Morgan | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | January 24, 1962 | |||
Studio | Plaza Sound Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 47:25 | |||
Label | Jazzland | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Lee Morgan chronology | ||||
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Take Twelve is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan originally released on the Jazzland label. It was recorded on January 24, 1962, and features performances by Morgan with Clifford Jordan, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw and Louis Hayes.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The superior material uplifts the set from being a mere "blowing" date but it generally has the spontaneity of a jam session. It's one of Lee Morgan's lesser-known dates.".[1]
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Down Beat (Original LP release) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Track listing
- "Raggedy Ann" - 6:46
- "A Waltz for Fran" - 4:55
- "Lee-Sure Time" - 8:27
- "Little Spain" (Jordan) - 7:45
- "Take Twelve" (Elmo Hope) - 4:55
- "Second's Best" - 7:08
- "Second's Best" [alternate take] - 7:29 Bonus track on CD reissue
- All compositions by Lee Morgan except as indicated
Personnel
- Lee Morgan - trumpet
- Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
- Barry Harris - piano
- Bob Cranshaw - bass
- Louis Hayes - drums
Notes
[5]
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 16, 2011
- ^ Down Beat: March 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No.7
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1039. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Yona, Yair Lee Morgan - Take Twelve Small Town Romance
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
- Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
- Dizzy Atmosphere (1957)
- Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957)
- City Lights (1957)
- The Cooker (1957)
- Candy (1957–58)
- Peckin' Time (1958)
- Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
- Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
- Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
- Lee-Way (1960)
- Expoobident (1960)
- The Young Lions (1960)
- Take Twelve (1962)
- The Sidewinder (1963)
- Search for the New Land (1964)
- Tom Cat (1964)
- Cornbread (1965)
- Infinity (1965)
- The Gigolo (1965)
- The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
- The Rumproller (1965)
- Delightfulee (1966)
- Charisma (1966)
- The Rajah (1966)
- Standards (1967)
- Sonic Boom (1967)
- The Procrastinator (1967–69)
- The Sixth Sense (1967)
- Taru (1968)
- Caramba! (1968)
- Live at the Lighthouse (1970)
- The Last Session (1971)
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers
- Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957)
- Drums Around the Corner (1958–59)
- Moanin' (1958)
- 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
- Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
- Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958)
- Africaine (1959)
- At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
- Paris Jam Session (1959)
- The Big Beat (1960)
- A Night in Tunisia (1960)
- Like Someone in Love (1960)
- Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
- The Freedom Rider (1961)
- The Witch Doctor (1961)
- Roots & Herbs (1961)
- Pisces (1961–64)
- Indestructible (1964)
- Golden Boy (1964)
- 'S Make It (1964)
- Soul Finger (1965)
- Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
Hank
Mobley
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- Jazz Message No. 2 (1956)
- No Room for Squares (1963)
- Dippin' (1965)
- A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
- A Slice of the Top (1966)
- Straight No Filter (1966)
- Third Season (1967)
others
- Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958)
- Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957)
- Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972)
- Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972)
- Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959)
- Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
- The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959)
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
- Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
- Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
- Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
- Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958)
- A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
- Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
- Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957)
- Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
- Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969)
- Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
- The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969)
- Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959)
- The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)
- Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957)
- Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959)
- Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970)
- Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965)
- Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965)
- Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963)
- Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)
- Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964)
- House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
- The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
- Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964)
- Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967)
- Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
- Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969)
- Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)