Live at the Lighthouse (Lee Morgan album)

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Live at the Lighthouse
Live at the Lighthouse.jpg
Live album by Lee Morgan
Released 1970
Recorded July 10, 11 & 12 1970
Genre Jazz
Length 183:47
Label Blue Note
Producer Francis Wolff
Lee Morgan chronology
Caramba!
(1968)Caramba!1968		 Live at the Lighthouse
(1970)		 The Last Session
(1971)The Last Session1971

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
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars[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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 3, 2011.
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