This set (the CD reissue is a duplicate of the original LP) is one of
the finest Lee Morgan records. The great trumpeter contributes five challenging
compositions ("Search for the New Land," "The Joker,"
"Mr. Kenyatta," "Melancholee," and "Morgan the
Pirate") that deserve to be revived. Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne
Shorter, guitarist Grant Green, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Reggie
Workman, and drummer Billy Higgins are all in particularly creative form
on the fresh material, and they stretch the boundaries of hard bop (the
modern mainstream jazz of the period). The result is a consistently stimulating
set that rewards repeated listenings.
Scott Yanow, All Music
Guide)
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