Blue Note Records
2003
Sonic Boom
About This Album
This is indeed a welcome curiosity. The 2003 version of Lee Morgan's Sonic Boom was recorded in 1967, was not released until 1979, and then was quickly deleted. When it was reissued on CD in the 1990s, it was only in print for a short time as well. While one might think the third time is the charm, you'd have to reconsider. Blue Note has made the set available as part of its so-called connoisseur series, meaning it will only be available for a limited time once more. Issued in glorious 24-bit remastered sound, Sonic Boom is here re-released along with a huge bonus, a 1969 session that was originally the latter half of the 1978 double-LP The Procrastinator. The personnel here is completely different: on the earlier set, Morgan was accompanied by Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, and David "Fathead" Newman. On the latter, Julian Priester, George Coleman, Harold Mabern, Walter Booker, and Mickey Roker are in the house. Sonic Boom showcases Morgan stretching his hard bop pedigree to the breaking point, such as on tracks like "The Mercenary," with its wide-open, nearly Latin groove. Walton's deep, left-hand chord work offers a fat, open bottom for Morgan's solo to lift off from.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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