Vinyl Record

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At the Lighthouse

Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At the Lighthouse on LP vinyl. A 1960 Jazz record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · Jazz · 1960

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1960 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Jazz shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

At the Lighthouse catches the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in the kind of room that hard bop needed: close, responsive, noisy enough to push the band and intimate enough for every introduction and solo to feel human. Recorded at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach in October 1960, the album presents Adderley with Nat Adderley, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes, a group able to combine heat, humour and precision without sounding stiff. Sack O' Woe opens the album with a charge that explains much of Cannonball's appeal. His alto is bright, vocal and generous, but the band never drifts into mere crowd pleasing. Big P, Blue Daniel, Azule Serape and the surrounding performances show a quintet that can move between blues feeling, Latin-tinged colour, hard-bop momentum and relaxed stagecraft. Adderley's spoken presence matters too: he connects with the audience as a host as much as a soloist, making the live setting part of the music rather than background noise. The record's strength is its balance of accessibility and authority. It is a jazz album that invites people in without reducing its musical intelligence. The grooves are clear, the solos are alive, and the ensemble sound has that rare quality of players enjoying the risk of a live night while still shaping a coherent album.

At the Lighthouse matters because it documents Cannonball Adderley's quintet during a fertile Riverside period and shows how persuasive hard bop could be in performance. It is not only a saxophone feature; it is a band record, with Nat Adderley's cornet, Feldman's piano, Jones's bass and Hayes's drums all helping create a warm, driving language. For jazz collections, it is a strong live counterpart to studio classics from the same era.

For collectors, At the Lighthouse is a rewarding Cannonball Adderley title because it captures both personality and band chemistry. It works as an entry point for listeners who want hard bop with soul-jazz warmth, and as a deeper addition for those tracing Adderley's live recordings. The Hermosa Beach setting gives the album a social charge: you hear a working group converting club energy into lasting form.

Live hard bop and soul-jazz with bright alto saxophone, cornet interplay, swinging piano, responsive bass and drums, blues feeling and club-room immediacy.

Recommended for: Cannonball Adderley collectors; jazz listeners looking for accessible live hard bop; fans of soulful small-group recordings from 1960.

What year is At the Lighthouse from? At the Lighthouse is a 1960 live album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. Where was the album recorded? It was recorded live at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California. Who plays on At the Lighthouse? The quintet features Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.