Long a top interpreter of modern mainstream jazz, pianist
Kirk Lightsey was well recorded by the new Sunnyside label in the early 1980s. This solo date features
Lightsey (who plays a little bit of flute on "Fresh Air") playing two originals, a pair of songs by
Wayne Shorter (including "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum"), Thelonious Monk's tricky "Trinkle Tinkle," an obscurity, and "Never Let Me Go." The pianist is in top form throughout the well-paced program. ~ Scott Yanow