Heaven Dance

Heaven Dance
Studio album by
The Leaders Trio
Released1984
RecordedMay 28 & 29, 1988
StudioSound Ideas Studio A, New York City
GenreJazz
Length50:44
LabelSunnyside
SSC 1034
ProducerFrançois Zalacain
The Leaders chronology
Out Here Like This
(1987) 		Heaven Dance
(1984) 		Unforeseen Blessings
(1988)
Kirk Lightsey chronology
Temptation
(1987) 		Heaven Dance
(1988) 		From Kirk to Nat
(1990)

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.