Tom Cat ~ Lee Morgan | By Eddie Carter

Submitted for your approval this morning is a Lee Morgan album that many may not be familiar with. Tom Cat (Blue Note Classic LT-1058) is an excellent hard bop album originally recorded in 1964. However, its release was postponed because “The Sidewinder” achieved tremendous success for both the trumpeter and the label. “Search For The New Land,” another superb 1964 session, was released two years later, but Tom Cat remained unreleased until sixteen years after it was recorded. Curtis Fuller on trombone; Jackie…