Light'n Up, Please!

1977 studio album by David Liebman

Light'n Up, Please!

Studio album by

David Liebman

Released

1977

Recorded

May and September 1976

Studio

Record Plant, Sausalito, CA and Electric Lady Studios, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:24

Label

Horizon
SP-721

Producer

David Liebman, Pee Wee Ellis and John Snyder

David Liebman chronology

Forgotten Fantasies
(1975)

Light'n Up, Please!
(1977)

Pendulum
(1978)

Light'n Up, Please! is an album by saxophonist David Liebman which was recorded in California and New York in 1976 and released on the Horizon label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated, "Dave Liebman plunges headlong into funk in the wake of Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters, but his heart doesn't seem to be in it. At times, he sounds bored playing R&B riffs that he seemed to have outgrown at the time, lapsing into free jazz flurries in an effort to stay interested, and the rhythm section is leaden."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by David Liebman except where noted

"Light'n Up, Please!" – 6.40
"Children Of The Ghetto" (Eleana Steinman, Leon Thomas (lyrics) David Liebman, Pee Wee Ellis, Leon Thomas (music)) – 3:45
"Tranquility Of The Protective Aura" (Harold Williams) – 5:55
"The Fonz's Strut" (David Liebman, Pee Wee Ellis) – 5:54
"Got To Work" (David Liebman (lyrics) David Liebman, Pee Wee Ellis, Leon Thomas (music)) – 3:15
"Chicken Soup" (David Liebman, Pee Wee Ellis) – 3:54
"Exquisite Torture" – 5:06
"Win Your Love" – 1:33
"Slow Dance On The Killing Ground" – 4:22

Personnel

David Liebman – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, C flute, alto flute, electric piano, talking drum, percussion, vocals
Pee Wee Ellis – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, electric piano, percussion, vocals
Harold Williams – electric piano, minimoog, vocals (tracks 3, 6, 7 & 9)
Richie Beirach – acoustic piano (track 8)
Link Chamberland (tracks 1, 3, 5–7 & 9), Chris Hayes (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) – electric guitar
Jeff Berlin (tracks 3, 6, 7 & 9), Tony Saunders (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) – electric bass
Jimmy Strassburg – drums, percussion
Al Foster – drums (tracks 3, 6, 7 & 9)
Juma Santos – congas, percussion (on 1, 3, 5–7 & 9)
Sonny Brown – percussion (track 6)
Leon Thomas – vocals, percussion (tracks 1, 5 & 6)

References

^ Dave Liebman catalog, accessed September 12, 2017
^ A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series, accessed September 12, 2017
^ Dave Liebman discography, accessed September 12, 2017
^ ^a ^b Ginell, Richard S.. David Liebman: Light'n Up, Please! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2017.