The Rumproller
Studio album by
ReleasedMid January 1966[1]
RecordedApril 9 & 21, 1965
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length48:14
LabelBlue Note
BST 84199
ProducerAlfred Lion
Lee Morgan chronology
Tom Cat
(1964)
The Rumproller
(1966)
The Gigolo
(1965)

The Rumproller is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded mainly on April 21, 1965 and features performances by Morgan with Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Victor Sproles, and Billy Higgins.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "This album is worth picking up but it is not essential."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Morgan except where noted

  1. "The Rumproller" (Andrew Hill) - 10:29
  2. "Desert Moonlight" - 9:26
  3. "Eclipso" - 6:56
  4. "Edda" (Wayne Shorter) - 7:23
  5. "The Lady" (Rudy Stevenson) - 7:34

Bonus track on CD reissue:

  1. "Venus di Mildew" (Shorter) - 6:26

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard Jan 15, 1966
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Lee Morgan: The Rumproller – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1039. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 147. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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