Frank Morgan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1933, but spent most of his childhood living with his grandmother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin while his parents were on tour. Morgan's father Stanley was a guitarist with Harlan Leonard and the Rockets and The Ink Spots, and his mother, Geraldine, was a 14-year-old student when she gave birth to him. Morgan took up his father's instrument at an early age, but lost interest the moment he saw Charlie Parker take his first solo with the Jay McShann band at the Paradise Theater in Detroit, Michigan. Stanley introduced them backstage, where Parker offered Morgan advice about starting out on the alto sax, and they met at a music store the following day. Morgan, seven years old at the time, assumed they'd be picking out a saxophone, but Parker suggested he start on the clarinet to develop his embouchure. Morgan practiced on the clarinet for about two years before acquiring a soprano sax, and finally, an alto. Morgan moved to live with his father (by that time divorced) in Los Angeles, California at the age of 14, after his grandmother caught him with marijuana.
As a teenager Morgan had opportunities to jam with the likes of Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray on Sunday afternoons at the Crystal Tearoom. When he was just 15 years old, Morgan was offered Johnny Hodges's spot in Duke Ellington's Orchestra, but Stanley deemed him too young for touring. Instead he joined the house band at Club Alabam where he backed vocalists including Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. That same year he won a television talent-show contest, the prize of which was a recording session with the Freddy Martin Orchestra, playing "Over the Rainbow" in an arrangement by Ray Conniff, with vocals by Merv Griffin. Morgan attended Jefferson High School during the day, where he played in the school big band that also spawned jazz greats Art Farmer, Ed Thigpen, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Criss, and Dexter Gordon. Morgan stayed in contact with Parker during these years, finding himself in jam sessions at Hollywood celebrities' homes when Parker visited L.A. In 1952, Morgan earned a spot in Lionel Hampton's band, but his first arrest in 1953 prevented him from joining the Clifford Brown and Max Roach quintet (that role went instead to Harold Land, and later, Sonny Rollins). He made his recording debut on February 20, 1953, with Teddy Charles and his West Coasters in a session for Prestige Records. This sextet featured short-lived tenor player Wardell Gray and was included on the 1983 posthumous release Wardell Gray Memorial, vol. 1. On November 1, 1954, Morgan cut five tracks with the Kenny Clarke Sextet for Savoy Records, four of which were released with Clarke billed as the leader, with "I've Lost Your Love" credited to writer Milt Jackson as leader Morgan recorded an all-star date with Wild Bill Davis and Conte Candoli on January 29, 1955 and participated in a second recording session on March 31, 1955, with Candoli, Wardell Gray, Leroy Vinnegar and others, which were combined and released in 1955 as Morgan's first album, Frank Morgan, by GNP Crescendo Records. Later releases also included five tracks cut at the Crescendo Club in West Hollywood on August 11, 1956, with a sextet featuring Bobby Timmons and Jack Sheldon. The album copy hailed Morgan as the new Charlie Parker, who had died the same year. In his own words, Morgan was "scared to death" by this and "self-destructed"...
Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Morgan_(musician)
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Frank Morgan nació en Minneapolis, Minnesota, en 1933, pero pasó la mayor parte de su infancia viviendo con su abuela en Milwaukee, Wisconsin, mientras sus padres estaban de gira. El padre de Morgan, Stanley, era guitarrista de Harlan Leonard and the Rockets y The Ink Spots, y su madre, Geraldine, era una estudiante de 14 años cuando lo dio a luz. Morgan tomó el instrumento de su padre a una edad temprana, pero perdió el interés en el momento en que vio a Charlie Parker hacer su primer solo con la banda de Jay McShann en el Paradise Theater de Detroit, Michigan. Stanley les presentó entre bastidores, donde Parker ofreció a Morgan consejos para empezar a tocar el saxo alto, y al día siguiente se encontraron en una tienda de música. Morgan, que entonces tenía siete años, supuso que elegirían un saxofón, pero Parker le sugirió que empezara con el clarinete para desarrollar su embocadura. Morgan practicó con el clarinete durante unos dos años antes de adquirir un saxo soprano y, finalmente, un alto. A los 14 años, Morgan se trasladó a vivir con su padre (por aquel entonces divorciado) a Los Ángeles, California, después de que su abuela le pillara con marihuana.
De adolescente, Morgan tuvo la oportunidad de tocar con artistas como Dexter Gordon y Wardell Gray los domingos por la tarde en el Crystal Tearoom. Cuando sólo tenía 15 años, a Morgan le ofrecieron el puesto de Johnny Hodges en la orquesta de Duke Ellington, pero Stanley le consideró demasiado joven para las giras. En su lugar, se unió a la banda del Club Alabam, donde acompañó a vocalistas como Billie Holiday y Josephine Baker. Ese mismo año ganó un concurso de talentos de televisión, cuyo premio fue una sesión de grabación con la Orquesta de Freddy Martin, interpretando "Over the Rainbow" en un arreglo de Ray Conniff, con la voz de Merv Griffin. Morgan asistía a la Jefferson High School durante el día, donde tocaba en la big band de la escuela, de la que también salieron grandes del jazz como Art Farmer, Ed Thigpen, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Criss y Dexter Gordon. En 1952, Morgan se ganó un puesto en la banda de Lionel Hampton, pero su primer arresto en 1953 le impidió unirse al quinteto de Clifford Brown y Max Roach (ese papel fue para Harold Land y, más tarde, Sonny Rollins).Hizo su debut discográfico el 20 de febrero de 1953, con Teddy Charles y sus West Coasters en una sesión para Prestige Records. Este sexteto incluía al tenor de corta vida Wardell Gray y fue incluido en el lanzamiento póstumo de 1983 Wardell Gray Memorial, vol. 1. El 1 de noviembre de 1954, Morgan grabó cinco temas con el Kenny Clarke Sextet para Savoy Records, cuatro de los cuales fueron publicados con Clarke como líder, con "I've Lost Your Love" acreditado al escritor Milt Jackson como líder Morgan grabó una cita con Wild Bill Davis y Conte Candoli el 29 de enero, 1955 y participó en una segunda sesión de grabación el 31 de marzo de 1955, con Candoli, Wardell Gray, Leroy Vinnegar y otros, que fueron combinados y publicados en 1955 como el primer álbum de Morgan, Frank Morgan, por GNP Crescendo Records. Los lanzamientos posteriores también incluyeron cinco temas grabados en el Crescendo Club de West Hollywood el 11 de agosto de 1956, con un sexteto que incluía a Bobby Timmons y Jack Sheldon. La copia del álbum aclamaba a Morgan como el nuevo Charlie Parker, que había muerto ese mismo año. Según sus propias palabras, Morgan estaba "muerto de miedo" por esto y "se autodestruyó"...
Fuente : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Morgan_(músico)
1 Bernie's Tune (Leiber, Miller, Stoller) 5:40
2 My Old Flame (Coslow, Johnston) 4:48
3 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Johnston, Raye) 4:30
4 Neil's Blues (Morgan) 5:14
5 The Champ (Gillespie) 4:59
6 Chooch (Morgan) 3:36
7 The Nearness of You (Carmichael, Washington) 5:22
8 Whippet (Morgan) 4:39
9 Milt's Tune (Jackson) 4:42
10 Get Happy (Arlen, Koehler) 4:08
Credits:
[# 1, 3, 6 & 8]
Frank Morgan - as
Conte Candoli - tp
Wild Bill Davis - org
Robert Rodriguez - b
Rafael Miranda - dr & cg
Jose Mangual - bg
Ubaldo Nieto - tmb
Recorded in Los Angeles ; 1955
[# 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10]
Frank Morgan - as
Conte Candoli - tp
Wardell Gray - ts
Howard Roberts - g
Carl Perkins - p
Leroy Vinnegar - b
Lawrence Marable - dr
Recorded in April 1954
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