| Light On | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tom Harrell |
| Cover: | Light-on-tom-harrell-album-cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | December 5 and 7, 2006 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Jazz, post-bop |
| Label: | HighNote |
| Producer: | Don Sickler |
| Prev Title: | Humanity |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Prana Dance |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Light On is a jazz album by trumpeter-composer Tom Harrell released in 2007 through HighNote Records. This is the first album recorded by Harrell's then recent quintet. The group went on to release five albums between 2007 and 2012 and forms the core of a sixth album released in 2013.[1] The group consists of Wayne Escoffery on sax, Danny Grissett on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums. In 2007, the album topped the U.S. jazz radio chart and received a SESAC jazz award in the following year.[2]
In reviewing the album for AllMusic, jazz commentator Scott Yanow wrote, "Light On is a superior set of modern jazz". All About Jazz praised the group's cohesiveness and balance, and in particular noted Escoffery's delivery.[3] Similarly JazzTimes called the quintet's delivery "immaculate".[4]
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[5]