The Sidewinder

For the title composition, see The Sidewinder (composition).
The Sidewinder
Studio album by
Lee Morgan
ReleasedJuly 1964 (1964-07)[1]
RecordedDecember 21, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz, hard bop
Length40:59
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Lee Morgan chronology
Take Twelve
(1962) 		The Sidewinder
(1964) 		Search for the New Land
(1964)
Singles from The Sidewinder
  1. "The Sidewinder, Parts 1 & 2"
    Released: mid-to-late 1964
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AllAboutJazz[2]
Allmusic[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz👑
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The Sidewinder is a 1964 album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S. It was released on the Blue Note label as BLP 4157 (mono) and BST 84157 (stereo).

The title track is perhaps Morgan's all-around best-known composition; it would go on to become a jazz standard,[6] and was additionally released as a single,[7] reaching number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1965.[8]

  1. ^ 2015 liner notes to the Search for the New Land SHM-CD by Michael Cuscuna
  2. ^ Simmons, Greg (2020). "Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder". AllAboutJazz. No. February 13. All About Jazz & Jazz Near You. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ The Sidewinder at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Penguin Guide to Jazz: 4-Star Records in 8th Edition". Tom Hull. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Seymour, Gene (2005) in Kirchner, Bill (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Jazz, Oxford University Press, p. 388.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard (2004) Blue Note Records: The Biography, Justin, Charles & Co., p. 182.
  8. ^ "Billboard". 9 January 1965.