
- 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
- Rating: 4.9
- Votes: 192
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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A1 | Fee-Fi-Fo-FumWritten-By – Wayne Shorter |
4:35 |
A2 | HabibaWritten-By – Kirk Lightsey |
5:23 |
A3 | Trinkle Tinkle Written-By – Thelonious Monk |
5:45 |
A4 | Moon RaWritten-By – David Durrah |
3:46 |
B1 | Fresh AirWritten-By – Kirk Lightsey |
6:13 |
B2 | Wild FlowerWritten-By – Wayne Shorter |
7:00 |
B3 | Never Let Me GoWritten-By – Ray Evans, Jay Livingston* |
5:18 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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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 |