The Lanny Morgan Quartet in Bloomington, MN

Altoist
Lanny Morgan
, despite being a very talented
bop
-based improviser and a greatly in-demand sideman, has had relatively few opportunities to record as a leader through the years -- only two. This quartet set with pianist
Tom Ranier
, bassist
Bob Maize
, and drummer
Frankie Capp
is his definitive recording.
Morgan
is in particularly creative and fiery form on such songs as
"Subconscious Lee,"
"Bloomdido,"
"After You've Gone,"
and a song he practically owns,
"Cherokee."
None of the nine tunes (eight
jazz
standards
plus
Tom Garvin
's
"Flash"
) are throwaways and this is a CD highly recommended to
fans. ~ Scott Yanow