Live at the Lighthouse (Elvin Jones album) explained

Live at the Lighthouse
Type:	Live
Artist:	Elvin Jones
Cover:	Live at the Lighthouse (Elvin Jones album).jpg
Released:	Early January 1973^[1]
Recorded:	September 9, 1972
Venue:	Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	74:13
Label:	Blue Note BN-LA 015-G2
Producer:	George Butler
Chronology:	Elvin Jones
Prev Title:	Mr. Jones
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Hollow Out
Next Year:	1972

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.^[2] The album was originally released as a double LP and subsequently released on two CDs with additional material. It features Jones in a quartet with saxophonists Dave Liebman and Steve Grossman, and bassist Gene Perla.

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".^[3]

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 Greeting" - 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

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=NAkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Live+Lighthouse+elvin+jones&pg=PA48 Billboard Jan 20, 1973
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/elvin-jones/catalog/#blue-note-bn-la-015-g2 Elvin Jones discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 2010