Heaven Dance is an album by the Leaders Trio, pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Don Moye, that was recorded in 1988 and released by the Sunnyside label.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]

The AllMusic 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".[4]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 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."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Peacemaker" (Cecil McBee) – 7:39
  2. "Unc'a Bubba" (Gary Bartz) – 6:24
  3. "Cecil to Cecil" (McBee) – 4:37
  4. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:55
  5. "Heaven Dance" (Kirk Lightsey) – 6:37
  6. "Little Big John" (McBee) – 5:44
  7. "Fresh Air" (Lightsey) – 7:55
  8. "Ode to Wilbur Ware" (Don Moye) – 6:53

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sunnyside Records: album details Archived 2020-08-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 15, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Kirk Lightsey discography accessed March 15, 2019
  3. ^ Cecil McBee discography Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine accessed March 15, 2019
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Leaders Trio: Heaven Dance – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 916.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Dance
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