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Kirk Lightsey (15 Feb 1937 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (6)

Official

Album

  1. Isotope 1983
  2. First Affairs 1987 (as Kirk Lightsey Quartet)
  3. From Kirk to Nat 1991 (as Kirk Lightsey Trio)
  4. Lightsey to Gladden 20 Sep 2008

Other

  1. Goodbye Mr. Evans 12 May 1994
  2. I Will Never Stop Loving You 03 Sep 2021

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. The Leaders Trio original, flute, piano
  2. Kirk Lightsey Trio original, eponymous, piano
  3. David Murray Quartet
  4. The Harold Land / Blue Mitchell Quintet piano
  5. The Leaders
  6. Dexter Gordon Quintet piano

Recordings by (44)

  1. Isotope 7:00 (1983)
  2. Oleo 5:03 (1983)
  3. Pee Wee 9:51 (1983)
  4. Witch Hunt 8:02 (1983)
  5. A Monk's Dream 5:34 (1983)
  6. Little Daphne 12:49 (1983)
  7. Eighty-One 5:45 (1987)
  8. From Dream to Dream 5:07 (1987)
  9. Habiba 9:54 (1987)
  10. Blues on the Corner 5:56 (1987)
  11. One Finger Snap 3:05 (1987)
  12. Up Jump Spring 4:47 (1987)
  13. For Albert 7:21 (1987)
  14. You and the Night and the Music 6:12 (1991)
  15. Sweet Lorraine 7:42 (1991)
  16. Never Let Me Go 4:45 (1991)
  17. Bop Kick 5:36 (1991)
  18. Sophisticated Lady 8:05 (1991)
  19. The Best Is Yet to Come 6:24 (1991)
  20. Close Enough for Love 4:32 (1991)
  21. Little Old Lady 5:56 (1991)
  22. Kirk's Blues 5:35 (1991)
  23. I'll Never Stop Loving You 6:40 (1993)
  24. A New Blue 10:43 (12 May 1994)
  25. In Your Own Sweet Way 9:05 (12 May 1994)
  26. From Chopin To Chopin 6:39 (12 May 1994)
  27. Medley-Freedom Jazz Dance/Pinocchio/Temptation/Giant Steps 9:36 (12 May 1994)
  28. Four In One 6:37 (12 May 1994)
  29. Habiba 10:25 (12 May 1994)
  30. Goodbye Mr. Evans 12:51 (12 May 1994)
  31. Fee Fi Fo Fum 4:42 (19 Dec 2006)
  32. Donkey Dust 9:53 (20 Sep 2008)
  33. Number Nine 7:52 (20 Sep 2008)
  34. Everyday Politics 7:29 (20 Sep 2008)
  35. Wayne Shorter 8:23 (20 Sep 2008)
  36. Pinocchio 7:29 (20 Sep 2008)
  37. Moon 7:26 (20 Sep 2008)
  38. Working Together 8:57 (20 Sep 2008)
  39. Midnight Sun 9:05 (20 Sep 2008)
  40. I Will Never Stop Loving You 6:36 (03 Sep 2021)
  41. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum 4:38 (03 Sep 2021)
  42. Infant Eyes 4:42 (03 Sep 2021)
  43. Giant Steps 3:48 (03 Sep 2021)
  44. Wild Flower 6:24 (03 Sep 2021)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Pot Luck 8:17 Chet Baker Quintet (1967) piano
  2. On a Misty Night 7:33 Chet Baker Quintet (1967) piano
  3. Lament for the Living 7:01 Chet Baker Quintet (1967) piano
  4. Romas 6:53 Chet Baker Quintet (1967) piano
  5. Go-Go 4:32 Chet Baker (1967) piano
  6. Bud's Blues 6:18 Chet Baker Quintet (1967) piano
  7. Cherokee 6:53 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  8. Go-Go 4:32 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker (1972) piano
  9. Bevan Beeps 5:05 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker (1972) piano
  10. Tan Gaugin 6:19 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  11. Rearin' Back 5:58 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker (1972) piano
  12. Wee, Too 7:39 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  13. Bevan Beeps 5:02 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  14. Madison Avenue 5:54 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  15. Lonely Star 7:52 Chet Baker Quintet (1972) piano
  16. So Easy 6:47 Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker (1972) piano
  17. The Second Coming 8:56 Rudolph Johnson (1973) piano
  18. The Highest Pleasure 7:39 Rudolph Johnson (1973) piano
  19. The Traveler 6:46 Rudolph Johnson (1973) piano
  20. The Water Bearer 6:42 Rudolph Johnson (1973) piano
  21. Time and Space 7:19 Rudolph Johnson (1973) piano
  22. Tradewinds 4:35 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  23. Renaissance 11:24 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  24. Night Cry 5:43 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  25. Aunt Lovey 7:28 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  26. Waltz for Boobuss 3:34 Henry Franklin (1974) flute, piano
  27. Efflugence 8:02 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  28. Proceed With Caution 12:45 Calvin Keys (1974) electric piano
  29. Eglise 3:13 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  30. Kirstn's Play 5:46 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  31. Aicelis 4:38 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  32. Descent 8:42 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  33. Second Wave 6:11 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  34. Funky Mama Moose 4:01 Roland Haynes (1975) keyboard
  35. Jumpin' Blues 6:46 Dexter Gordon (Sep 1982) piano
  36. For Soul Sister 9:40 Dexter Gordon (Sep 1982) piano
  37. Besame Mucho 6:30 Dexter Gordon (Sep 1982) piano
  38. Skylark 12:44 Dexter Gordon (Sep 1982) piano
  39. Billie's Bounce 6:34 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  40. Tangerine (take 2) 6:48 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  41. It's All Right With Me 8:26 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  42. Pee Wee 9:51 Kirk Lightsey (1983) piano
  43. Isotope 7:00 Kirk Lightsey (1983) piano
  44. The Song Is You 5:59 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  45. Along Came Betty 6:21 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  46. Little Daphne 12:49 Kirk Lightsey (1983) piano
  47. Just One of Those Things 3:57 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  48. Tangerine 6:57 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano
  49. Witch Hunt 8:02 Kirk Lightsey (1983) piano
  50. Lament 7:59 Jimmy Raney Quartet (1983) piano

Credited as (13)

  1. Tony Lakatos, Al Foster, Kirk Lightsey & George Mraz
  2. Kirk Lightsey Quartet
  3. Kirk Lightsey / Harold Danko
  4. Kirk Lightsey Quintet featuring Marcus Belgrave
  5. Kirk Lightsey Trio
  6. Kirk Lightsey
  7. Kirk Lightsey and Rudolph Johnson with The All Stars
  8. Kirk Lightsey with Chet Baker
  9. Lightsey, Moye, Elekes
  10. Tibor Elekes, Don Moye, Kirk Lightsey
  11. Marilena Paradisi & Kirk Lightsey
  12. Harold Danko & Kirk Lightsey
  13. Tony Lakatos, Al Foster, Kirk Lightsey, Tibor Elekes

Works (14)

Wrote

  1. Catch Sound

Composed

  1. Slipping and Sliding
  2. Everything Changed
  3. Fukawe T
  4. High Summer
  5. Drums Til Don
  6. Midnite Train
  7. Mudfoot
  8. Donkey Dust
  9. Light Blues
  10. Donkey Dust
  11. The Water Bearer
  12. Heaven Dance
  13. Fresh Air

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88627479
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88627479
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139218480
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134617061

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/47910

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/264494

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000101038

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/59271393

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162804

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/20XugxiKfBdgSLOdn7RX8y