Live at the Lighthouse (Lee Morgan album)

Live at the Lighthouse
Live album by Lee Morgan
Recorded July 10, 11 & 12 1970
Genre Jazz
Length 183:47
Label Blue Note
Producer Francis Wolff
Lee Morgan chronology
Caramba!
(1968)		 Live at the Lighthouse
(1970)		 The Last Session
(1971)

Live at the Lighthouse is a live album recorded by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and released on the Blue Note label. The album features live performances by Morgan, Bennie Maupin, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt and Mickey Roker recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California, in July 1970. Jack DeJohnette replaces Roker as the drummer on "Speedball."

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating: "Stimulating and frequently exciting music from late in Lee Morgan's short life."[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listings

The original 1971 release on vinyl consisted of four sides, one track per side:

  1. "Absolutions" (Merritt) - 19:40
  2. "The Beehive" (Mabern) - 16:23
  3. "Neophilia" (Maupin) - 19:05
  4. "Nommo" (Merritt) - 18:00

The 1996 CD release was expanded to include 13 tracks, which are also all available as part of the current download package:

  1. "Introduction by Lee Morgan" - 2:00
  2. "The Beehive" (Mabern) - 15:17
  3. "Absolutions" (Merritt) - 22:43
  4. "Peyote" (Maupin) - 11:23
  5. "Speedball" (Morgan) - 11:54
  6. "Nommo" (Merritt) - 17:50
  7. "Neophilia" (Maupin) - 18:59
  8. "Something Like This" (Maupin) - 13:01
  9. "I Remember Britt" (Mabern) - 14:55
  10. "Aon" (Mabern) - 13:47
  11. "Yunjanna" (Maupin) - 16:07
  12. "416 East 10th Street" (Maupin) - 12:11
  13. "The Sidewinder" (Morgan) - 13:40

The material was recorded live at the Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, July 10–12, 1970

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 3, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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