Live at The Lighthouse (Grant Green album) explained

Live at The Lighthouse
Type:Live album
Artist:Grant Green
Cover:Live at The Lighthouse (Grant Green album).jpg
Released:February 1973[1]
Recorded:April 21, 1972
Genre:Jazz-funk
Length:71:05
Label:Blue Note
Chronology:Grant Green
Prev Title:The Final Comedown
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:The Main Attraction
Next Year:1976

Live at The Lighthouse is a live album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring a performance recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California in 1972 and released on the Blue Note label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Some of Grant Green's hottest moments as a jazz-funk bandleader came on his live records of the era, which were filled with extended, smoking grooves and gritty ensemble interplay. Live at the Lighthouse makes a fine companion piece to the excellent Alive!, though there are some subtle differences which give the album its own distinct flavor".[3]

Track listing

  1. Introduction by Hank Stewart - 2:30
  2. "Windjammer" (Neal Creque) - 12:15
  3. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 7:41
  4. "Fancy Free" (Donald Byrd) - 14:44
  5. "Flood in Franklin Park" (Shelton Laster) - 15:00
  6. "Jan Jan" (Mose Davis) - 12:18
  7. "Walk in the Night" (Johnny Bristol, Marilyn McLeod) - 6:37

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=NwkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=grant+green+live+at+the+lighthouse&pg=PA47 Billboard Radio Action & Pick LP's February 24, 1973
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/grant-green/catalog/#blue-note-bn-la-037-g2 Grant Green discography
  3. Huey, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r139803|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 20, 2010