''Intensity'' is an album by organist
Charles Earland which was recorded in 1972 and released on the
Prestige
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label.
Charles Earland discography
accessed November 30, 2017
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Allmusic
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awarded the album 4 stars stating "Even if the performances on ''Intensity'' weren't excellent, this Charles Earland session would be required listening for jazz historians because it marked the last recorded documentation of Lee Morgan. Only two days after ''Intensity'' was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's famous New Jersey studio on February 17, 1972, the influential trumpeter was shot and killed by a girlfriend at the age of 33. Refusing to confine himself to hard bop, Morgan was exploring soul-jazz and fusion during the last years of his life -- and his enthusiasm for soul-jazz is hard to miss".[Henderson, A]
Allmusic listing
accessed March 11, 2013
Track listing
''All compositions by Charles Earland except as indicated''
# "Happy 'Cause I'm Goin' Home" (Robert Lamm
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) - 11:15
# "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
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" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 6:55
# "'Cause I Love Her" - 9:38
# "Morgan" - 10:25
# " Lowdown" (Peter Cetera
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, Danny Seraphine
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) - 8:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Speedball" (Lee Morgan) - 5:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
* Charles Earland - organ
* Jon Faddis, Virgil Jones, Lee Morgan
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One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...
, Victor Paz - trumpet
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, flugelhorn
*Clifford Adams (on track 1 only), Dick Griffin
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, Jack Jeffers - trombone
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*Hubert Laws
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- flute (and on track 4 only, piccolo flute)
*Billy Harper
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- tenor saxophone
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(on track 4 only)
*William Thorpe - baritone saxophone (on track 4 only)
*Maynard Parker (on track 4 only), John Fourie, Greg Millar - guitar
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*Billy Cobham
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- drums
*Sonny Morgan - congas
References
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Charles Earland albums
1972 albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio