''Live at the Lighthouse'' is a live album by

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Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

, released on the

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label in 1971. The album features a quintet of Morgan, Bennie Maupin,

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Jymie Merritt Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's b ...

, and

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, recorded at the Lighthouse Café in

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in July 1970. ( Jack DeJohnette replaces Roker on drums on "Speedball".) Originally released as a

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comprising four side-long recordings, the 1996 CD reissue expanded the track list with over one-hundred minutes of additional material from the Lighthouse gigs. In 2021, Blue Note released an 8-CD/12-LP box set featuring the complete recordings of Morgan's three-night stint to commemorate the original album's fiftieth anniversary. Recording of the album began on Morgan's 32nd birthday (July 10, 1970). This would be the final album and only live recording released by Morgan during his lifetime; his final album, the studio recording '' The Last Session'', was released in May 1972, after his death in February that year.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4.5 stars, stating: "Stimulating and frequently exciting music from late in Lee Morgan's short life."Yanow, S
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Track listings

The original 1971 2- LP release consisted of four sides, one track per side: # "Absolutions" (Jymie Merritt) – 19:40 # "The Beehive" (Harold Mabern) – 16:23 # "Neophilia" (Bennie Maupin) – 19:05 # "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) – 18:00 The 1996 3- CD

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release included 13 bonus tracks, which are also all available as part of the current download package: # Introduction by Lee Morgan – 2:00 # "The Beehive" (Harold Mabern) – 15:17 # "Absolutions" (Jymie Merritt) – 22:43 # "Peyote" (Bennie Maupin) – 11:23 # "Speedball" (Lee Morgan) – 11:54 # "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) – 17:50 # "Neophilia" (Bennie Maupin) – 18:59 # "Something Like This" (Bennie Maupin) – 13:01 # "I Remember Britt" (Harold Mabern) – 14:55 # "Aon" (Harold Mabern) – 13:47 # "Yunjana" (Bennie Maupin) – 16:07 # "416 East 10th Street" (Bennie Maupin) – 12:11 # "

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" (Lee Morgan) – 13:40 A 12-LP/8-CD box-set of the entire engagement over the three evenings was released in August 2021.

Personnel

– trumpet, flugelhorn * Bennie Maupin – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet *

– piano *

– electric upright bass *

– drums (except on track 5) * Jack DeJohnette – drums (track 5 only)

References

{{Authority control Live hard bop albums Lee Morgan live albums Albums produced by Francis Wolff 1970 live albums Blue Note Records live albums Albums recorded at the Lighthouse Café