Jazz trumpeter
Lee Morgan
Trumpeter of The Sidewinder, a Jazz Messenger at eighteen, shot dead at a New York club at thirty three.
Edward Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley, and Wayne Shorter, and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
- Born
- 1938-07-10, Philadelphia, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1972-02-19, New York City, USAA Saturday, aged 33
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1938-07-10, Philadelphia, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 17°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 26°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 6°18′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 25°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 22°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 1°40′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries | 17°41′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 17°01′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 18°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 29°20′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1972-02-19, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 0°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 3°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 2°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 11°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 6°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 2°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 29°55′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 17°58′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 5°10′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 1°29′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lee Morgan was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
