"As I wrote in the original liner notes for the 1990 re-release of all the evening’s music, this live recording still is discussed among musicians, especially saxophonists, to this day. What is represented here are two of the early post-Coltrane generation saxophonists spewing out that vocabulary virtually uncensored with a giant green light of approval and support given from the Man himself along with a bassist who loved his role.
The truth is obvious in the music — each of us was doing what we loved, accompanied by three other brothers with whom we probably would’ve gone down in a sinking ship if necessary! It was and remains a special period for me. Recorded on Elvin Jones’s 45th birthday at the end of a three week engagement at this famous club on Hermosa Beach near Los Angeles, Live at the Lighthouse captures a good night, representative of the repertoire as well as intensity which we attained.
The Live at the Lighthouse date was one of the most exciting nights of my musical life. The energy and enthusiasm of a working band consisting of three young musicians with one of the greatest masters of all time was for all of us a once in a lifetime event that we will never forget. It’s fantastic that it was captured tape." - Dave Liebman
