This album is unique within Lee Morgan's vast and rich Blue Note discography. With then current employer Art Blakey, band mate Bobby Timmons on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, the trumpeter abandons time constraints and stretches out on four, soulful, hard-bop compositions (the first and the last are by Cal Massey). These hard bop masters are constantly inspired by Blakey's explosive grooves.

Art Blakey, drums
Paul Chambers, bass
Jackie McLean, sax (alto)
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Bobby Timmons, piano

Track Listing
These Are Soulful Days
The Lion and the Wolf
Midtown Blues
Nakatini Suite