The Procrastinator is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan released posthumously on the Blue Note label, featuring performances by Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Billy Higgins. It was originally issued in 1978 as a double LP (“Jazz Classics Series”, BN-LA582-J2) featuring tracks recorded in three different sessions: July 1967, September 1969 and October 1969.[1] Alongside the US-issue there was a single album release in Japan the same year titled Lee Morgan All-Star Sextet, which only comprised the session of 1967 (ST-83023/GXF-3023).[2] The first and remastered CD-release, that came out in 1995 as part of the Blue Note “Connoisseur Series”, also included just this session. The remaining tracks of the original double album have been finally issued on CD in 1998 in Japan, then in 2003 in the US, as bonus tracks on Sonic Boom.
Six years after Morgan's early death The Procrastinator was the first in a line of a couple of other releases with previously-unissued sessions, that Blue Note launched in a “Classic Series” the following years (Sonic Boom, Tom Cat, Taru and Infinity).
Track listing Original double LP (1978, BN-LA582-J2)
Lee Morgan - trumpet Wayne Shorter - Tenor saxophone Bobby Hutcherson - vibes Herbie Hancock - piano Ron Carter - bass Billy Higgins - drums Track 7-13
Lee Morgan - trumpet Julian Priester - trombone George Coleman - tenor sax Harold Mabern - piano Walter Booker - bass Mickey Roker - drums