Tom Cat (album)

Tom Cat
2006 Edition
Studio album by
Lee Morgan
Released1980
RecordedAugust 11, 1964
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length41:24
LabelBlue Note
LT 1058
ProducerAlfred Lion
Lee Morgan chronology
Search for the New Land
(1964) 		Tom Cat
(1964) 		The Rumproller
(1965)
Alternative cover
1990 U.S. Blue Note CD Edition
Alternative cover
2008 RVG Edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Tom Cat is an album by Lee Morgan recorded in 1964, though only issued in 1980. It was originally released as LT 1058. While lesser known in comparison to The Sidewinder and other albums, it features several of Morgan's contemporary Blue Note recording artists, such as McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey, and Jackie McLean. After The Sidewinder's commercial success, Tom Cat and Search for the New Land from earlier in 1964 were both shelved. Instead, Alfred Lion, Blue Note's producer, encouraged Morgan to record a new funky theme (now dubbed "the Sidewinder lineage") and brought him back into the studio to record The Rumproller. Search for the New Land was released in 1966, but Tom Cat remained unreleased until 1980.[4]

  1. ^ Tom Cat at AllMusic
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1039. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Tom Cat 2006 RVG Edition liner notes.