Lee Morgan's Most Dynamic Band is Revealed in Full on 'The Complete Live at the Lighthouse'

'Lee Morgan, the incandescent trumpeter, led one of the greatest bands of the early 1970s — a short-lived but multifaceted quintet, expansive in both attitude and approach. Featuring multi-reedist Bennie Maupin, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer Mickey Roker, this ensemble spent a productive weekend in Hermosa Beach, Calif, in the summer of 1970 — with Blue Note Records rolling tape. The resulting album, Live at the Lighthouse, spread four extended cuts across a double LP, opening a portal to the outer reaches of post-bop. The Complete Live at the Lighthouse  presents for the very first time all 12 sets of music the legendary trumpeter with Maupin, Mabern, Merritt, and Roker recorded during their historic engagement at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California from July 10-12, 1970.'