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Live at the Lighthouse (Elvin Jones album)

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Released
  
Early January 1973

Live at the Lighthouse (1972)
  
Hollow Out (1972)

Release date
  
January 1973

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
74:13

Artist
  
Elvin Jones

Producer
  
George Butler

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
September 9, 1972 Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach

Similar
  
Elvin Jones albums, Jazz albums

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Live at the Lighthouse is a live album by jazz drummer Elvin Jones featuring performances recorded in 1972 at the Lighthouse Café in California, and released on the Blue Note label. The album was originally released as a double LP and subsequently released on two CDs with additional material.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Exciting and adventurous music that stretches the boundaries of modal hard bop jazz".

Track listing

Volume One
  1. "Fancy Free" (Donald Byrd) - 21:06
  2. "New Breed" (Dave Liebman) - 12:06
  3. "Small One" (Liebman) - 7:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "Sambra" (Gene Perla) - 13:12
  5. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) - 8:52
  6. "Taurus People" (Farouq Daweud) - 6:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "For All Those Other Times / Announcement" (Perla) - 5:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
Volume Two
  1. "Happy Birthday" - 0:50
  2. "Sweet Mama" (Perla) - 15:30
  3. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) - 11:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "The Children, Save the Children" (Don Garcia) - 7:58
  5. "Brite Piece" (Liebman) - 13:19 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "The Children's Merry-Go-Round March" (Elvin Jones) - 28:30 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • Steve Grossman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Dave Liebman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Gene Perla - bass
  • Songs

    1Introduction1:41
    2Fancy Free21:07
    3Sambra13:27

    References

    Live at the Lighthouse (Elvin Jones album) Wikipedia