''Heaven Dance'' is an album by

The Leaders The Leaders is a jazz supergroup formed in 1983. The initial lineup of the Leaders was put together in 1983 by saxophonist Chico Freeman and featured trumpeter Don Cherry, alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe, along with a rhythm section of pianist Don ...

Trio, pianist

Kirk Lightsey Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (born February 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Biography Lightsey had piano instruction from the age of five and studied piano and clarinet through high school. After service in the Army, Lights ...

, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer

Don Moye Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazz percussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percuss ...

, that was recorded in 1988 and released by the Sunnyside label.Sunnyside Records: album details
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Reception

The

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review states "Although there is close interplay by the musicians, the pianist is the lead voice, so one can look at this set as being a date by the Kirk Lightsey Trio. Excellent modern mainstream music". The authors of the ''

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'' wrote that the album "sends us back to the original Leaders sets with a heightened awareness of what was going on in the warp-factor engine-room. Which is not to say that ''Heaven Dance'' is not a substantial achievement on its own terms... Recommended."

Track listing

# "Peacemaker" (Cecil McBee) – 7:39 # "Unc'a Bubba" (

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Wor ...

) – 6:24 # "Cecil to Cecil" (McBee) – 4:37 # "

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" (

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) – 4:55 # "Heaven Dance" (Kirk Lightsey) – 6:37 # "Little Big John" (McBee) – 5:44 # "Fresh Air" (Lightsey) – 7:55 # "Ode to Wilbur Ware" (Don Moye) – 6:53

Personnel

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, flute * Cecil McBee – bass *

– drums,

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References

{{Authority control The Leaders albums 1988 albums Sunnyside Records albums