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Lee Morgan was born on July 10, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother and sister bought him a trumpet for his birthday when he was about 13 years old. He took trumpet lessons and played alto horn in his high school band. Philly had an active jazz scene and Morgan was fascinated with jazz from [...]

Benjamin Golson was born on January 25, 1929, in Philadelphia. He started playing the piano when he was 9. He liked playing the piano a lot and had ambitions of being a concert pianist. Then when he was 14 he heard Arnett Cobb play “Fly Home.” That’s the moment when he decided he had to [...]