The Young Lions (album)

The Young Lions

Studio album by The Young Lions
Released	Last two weeks of August 1961^[1]
Recorded	April 25, 1960 Bell Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:14 original LP
Label	Vee-Jay VJLP 3013
Producer	Sid McCoy

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The Young Lions is an album by an ad hoc group of jazz musicians: Wayne Shorter, Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1961 on Vee-Jay Records.^[3]

Track listing

"Seeds of Sin" (Shorter) - 5:44
"Scourn'" (Shorter) - 5:58
"Fat Lady" (Shorter) - 5:03
"Peaches and Cream" (Shorter) - 6:52
"That's Right" (Morgan) - 11:37

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

"Seeds of Sin" [Alternate Take] - 5:43
"Scourn'" [Alternate Take] - 6:17
"Fat Lady" [Alternate Take] - 5:23

Personnel

Lee Morgan - trumpet
Wayne Shorter - tenor sax
Frank Strozier - alto sax
Bobby Timmons - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath (3-5, 8), Louis Hayes (1, 2, 6, 7) - drums

References

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography

v t e Wayne Shorter
Vee-Jay albums	Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959, aka Blues a la Carte) Second Genesis (1960) Wayning Moments (1961) The Young Lions (1960, with Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath & Louis Hayes)
Blue Note albums	Night Dreamer (1964) JuJu (1964) Speak No Evil (1964) Et Cetera (1965) The Soothsayer (1965) Adam's Apple (1966) The All Seeing Eye (1966) Schizophrenia (1967) Super Nova (1969) Moto Grosso Feio (1970) Odyssey of Iska (1970) The Manhattan Project (1989, with Michel Petrucciani, Gil Goldstein, Pete Levin, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White) Without a Net (2013) Emanon (2018)
Columbia albums	Native Dancer (1974, feat. Milton Nascimento) Atlantis (1985) Phantom Navigator (1986) Joy Ryder (1988)
Verve albums	High Life (1995) 1+1 (1997, with Herbie Hancock) Alegría (2003)
Live albums	Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 (1988) Footprints Live! (2001) Beyond the Sound Barrier (2002–04) Without a Net (2010) Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (2022)
Compositions	"Footprints" (1966)
Related articles	Discography Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Miles Davis Quintet Weather Report VSOP

v t e Bobby Timmons
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (and John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, 1957) This Here Is Bobby Timmons (1960) Soul Time (1960) Easy Does It (1961) In Person (1961) Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962) Born to Be Blue! (1963) Chun-King (1964) From the Bottom (1964) Holiday Soul (1964) Little Barefoot Soul (1964) Workin' Out! (1964) Chicken & Dumplin's (1965) Soul Food (1966) The Soul Man! (1966) Got to Get It! (1967) Do You Know the Way? (1968)
With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers	1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Drums Around the Corner (1958) Moanin' (1958) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) Pisces (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961)
With others	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Pepper Adams, 1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker & Crew (1956) Chet Baker Big Band (1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Kenny Burrell, 1959) More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960) Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960) 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956) Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958) The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960) The Soul Society (Sam Jones, 1960) Nice and Easy (Johnny Lytle, 1962) Hank (Hank Mobley, 1957) The Cooker (Lee Morgan, 1957) Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Personal Appearance (Sonny Stitt, 1957) The Young Lions (1960)