Kirkland "Kirk" Lightsey (b. Feb. 15, 1937, Detroit, Michigan) is an American jazz pianist. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
Lightsey had piano instruction from age 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. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He also worked with jazz musicians such as Yusef Lateef, Betty Carter, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker, and Kenny Burrell. Dr Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American Jazz Multi-instrumentalist, Composer Betty Carter ( May 16, 1929 &ndash September 26, 1998) was an American Jazz Singer who was renowned for her Pharoah Sanders (born October 13, 1940 Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles) is a Jazz Vibraphone and Marimba player Edward "Sonny" Stitt (b February 2, 1924, Boston Massachusetts &ndash d Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr ( Yale Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (born July 31 1931) is an American Jazz Guitarist. From 1979 to 1983 he toured with Dexter Gordon and was a member of The Leaders in the late 1980s. Dexter Gordon ( February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American Jazz Tenor saxophonist, and an Academy The Leaders is a Jazz supergroup formed in 1985 The initial lineup of The Leaders was put together by trumpeter Lester Bowie, alto saxophonist During the 1980s he led several sessions of his own, including duets with pianist Harold Danko. Harold Danko (b June 13 1947 Ohio) is an American Jazz pianist In the 1980s and since he has worked with Jimmy Raney, Clifford Jordan, Woody Shaw, David Murray, and Harold Land. Jimmy Raney ( 20 August 1927 &ndash 10 May 1995) was an American Jazz guitarist born in Louisville Kentucky Clifford Laconia Jordan ( September 2, 1931, Chicago - March 27, 1993, Manhattan) was an inside/outside sax player who held Woody Herman Shaw II ( December 24, 1944 &ndash May 10, 1989) ( United States) was a Jazz Trumpeter and David Murray may refer to David Murray 1st Viscount of Stormont (d Harold de Vance Land (1928– July 27th 2001) was an American Hard bop and post- bop tenor Saxophonist.
Discography as leader
- Lightsey 1 (Sunnyside Records, 1982)
- Lightsey 2 (Sunnyside, 1982)
- Isotope (Criss Cross Records, 1983)
- Shorter by Two (Criss Cross, 1983)
- Everything Happens to Me (Timeless Records, 1983)
- Lightsey Live (Sunnyside, 1985)
- First Affairs (Limetree Records, 1986)
- Everything Is Changed (Sunnyside, 1986)
- Kirk 'n' Marcus (Criss Cross, 1986)
- From Kirk to Nat (Criss Cross, 1990)
- Goodbye Mr. Sunnyside Records is an American Jazz record label Sunnyside was founded in 1982 by Francois Zalacain and Christine Berthe Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch Jazz Record label, specializing in American jazz Evans (Evidence Records, 1994)
- The Nights of Bradley's (Sunnyside, 2004)
- Estate (Itinera Records, 2007)
References
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