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Lee Morgan

The Rumproller

April 21, 1965

Hard Bop

Hard bop trumpeter Lee Morgan manages to sound both elegant and down-and-dirty on this follow-up to his commercial breakthrough The Sidewinder. The title track is a boisterous slice of boogaloo soul, but the underrated highlight is the Wayne Shorter composition "Edda" which brings to mind busy urban streets and bustling city sidewalks full of cosmopolitan pedestrians shouldering their way uptown.

- Zac Johnson

Huey "Piano" Smith / Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns

Having a Good Time with Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns

1959

Early R&B;

No collection of leftovers here, Huey "Piano" Smith's album debut featured the hits "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu," "High Blood Pressure," and "Don't You Just Know It" along with Crescent City favorites like "Little Liza Jane," "Don't You Know Yockomo," "Just A Lonely Clown," and Bobby Marchan's "Little Chickee Wah Wah." As a budget priced collection, this one's hard to turn down. An essential building block for any New Orleans collection.

- Cub Koda