Lighthouse '68

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Lighthouse '68
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Live album by
Released1968
RecordedNovember 10–13, 1967
The Lighthouse Hermosa Beach, CA
Genre Jazz
Length73:39
Label Pacific Jazz
PJ 10131
Producer Richard Bock
The Jazz Crusaders chronology
Uh Huh
(1967)
Lighthouse '68
(1968)
Powerhouse
(1968)
Singles from Lighthouse '68
  1. "Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo / Eleanor Rigby"

Lighthouse '68 is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1967 and released on the Pacific Jazz label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars noting: "Feel is what dictates the material and its execution on this set, without unnecessary attention paid to crowd or recording apparatus. This is one [of] the most intimate jazz shows captured on tape during the 1960s. It gives record buyers the sound of a band in full possession of their considerable capabilities, celebrating them in a relaxed environment, playing their own brand of grooved-out '60s jazz". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo" (Stix Hooper) - 6:39
  2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 7:32
  3. "Native Dancer" (Buster Williams) - 8:52
  4. "Never Had It So Good" (Joe Sample) - 7:15
  5. "The Emperor" (Williams) - 8:50
  6. "Impressions" (John Coltrane) - 6:12
  7. "Cathy the Cooker" (Wayne Henderson) - 6:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Shadows" (Williams) - 4:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Tough Talk" (Henderson, Hooper, Sample) - 8:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Third Principle" (Wilton Felder) - 8:45 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 12, 2016
  2. Stix Hooper Discography Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 12, 2016
  3. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Lighthouse '68 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 322. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.