The Young Lions (album)


The Young Lions is an album by an ad hoc group of jazz musicians: Wayne Shorter, Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes. It was recorded in 1960 and released in 1961 on Vee-Jay Records.

Album Title

The album title echoes that of a popular 1948 novel by Irwin Shaw which had been made into a feature film shortly before the album was recorded. The phrase was revived in jazz in the 1980s to refer to a group of young musicians including Wynton Marsalis who played neo-bop jazz. Notably, the phrase was used as part of the title of an Elektra/Musician album which featured Marsalis, The Young Lions .

Track listing

  1. "Seeds of Sin" - 5:44
  2. "Scourn'" - 5:58
  3. "Fat Lady" - 5:03
  4. "Peaches and Cream" - 6:52
  5. "That's Right" - 11:37
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
  2. "Seeds of Sin" - 5:43
  3. "Scourn'" - 6:17
  4. "Fat Lady" - 5:23

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