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Kirk Lightsey - Lightsey 1 album

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Kirk Lightsey - Lightsey 1 album
  • Performer Kirk Lightsey
  • Title Lightsey 1
  • Date of release 1983
  • Country US
  • Other formats ADX VQF MIDI RA APE MP2 AA
  • Genre Jazz
  • Size MP3 1870 mb
  • Size FLAC 1533 mb
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Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (born February 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Lightsey had piano instruction from the age of five and studied piano and clarinet through high school. After service in the Army, Lightsey worked in Detroit and California in the 1960s as an accompanist to singers. He also worked with jazz musicians such as Yusef Lateef, Betty Carter, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, and Kenny Burrell.

Lightsey 1 Kirk Lightsey. Salute to Pops, Vol. 1 (feat. Alvin Batiste, Red Callender, Al Casey, Alan Dawson,, Curtis Fuller, Freddie Hubbard & Kirk Lightsey). Shorter By Two (The Music of Wayne Shorter Played On Two Pianos).

Complete your Kirk Lightsey collection. Lightsey 1 ‎(LP, Album).

Long a top interpreter of modern mainstream jazz, pianist Kirk Lightsey was well recorded by the new Sunnyside label in the early 1980s. This solo date features Lightsey (who plays a little bit of flute on "Fresh Air") playing two originals, a pair of songs by Wayne Shorter (including "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum"), Thelonious Monk's tricky "Trinkle Tinkle," an obscurity, and "Never Let Me G. The pianist is in top form throughout the well-paced program.

Never Let Me Go, 05:20.

1 Eighty One (. avis) 5:45 2 From Dream To Dream (B. Golson) 5:07 3 Habiba (K. Lightsey) 9:54 4 Blues On The Corner (McCoy Tyner) 5:56 5 One Finger Snap (H. Hancock) 3:05 6 Up Jump Spring (F. Hubbard) 4:47 7 For Albert (W. Shorter) 7:21. Kirk Lightsey - piano Santi Debriano - bass Eddie Gladden - drums Jerry Gonzalez - congas. Lime Tree ‎– MCD 015 (Germany). Recorded at Studio 44, Monster, The Netherlands, April 23, 1986. Thanks to snobb for the addition.

Lightsey 1 is a solo album by pianist Kirk Lightsey that was recorded in 1982 and released by the Sunnyside label. Retrieved March 7, 2019. php?title Lightsey 1&oldid 886576337". Categories: Kirk Lightsey albums.

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Written-By – Wayne Shorter
 4:35
A2 Habiba
Written-By – Kirk Lightsey
 5:23
A3 Trinkle Tinkle
Written-By – Thelonious Monk
 5:45
A4 Moon Ra
Written-By – David Durrah
 3:46
B1 Fresh Air
Written-By – Kirk Lightsey
 6:13
B2 Wild Flower
Written-By – Wayne Shorter
 7:00
B3 Never Let Me Go
Written-By – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston*
 5:18

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – Sunnyside Communications, Inc.
  • Recorded At – Penthouse Recordings
  • Mastered At – Masterdisk
  • Printed By – Glory, Asnières

Credits

  • Cover – Christopher Coffey
  • Engineer – Chip Stokes
  • Flute – Kirk Lightsey (tracks: B1)
  • Mastered By – Alan Moy
  • Photography By – Patxi
  • Piano – Kirk Lightsey
  • Producer – Francois Zalacain

Notes

Recorded at Penthouse Recordings, New York City, September 22 and October 5, 1982.

Made in France
Printed in France

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): SSC-1002-A AM MASTERDISK
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): SSC-1002-B AM MASTERDISK
  • Rights Society: SACEM, SACD, SDRM, SGDL

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SSC 1002 Kirk Lightsey Lightsey 1 ‎(LP, Album) Sunnyside SSC 1002 US 1983
SSC 1002D Kirk Lightsey Lightsey 1 ‎(CD, Album, RE) Sunnyside SSC 1002D France 1994
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