''Out Like a Light'' is a live album by jazz guitarist
John Scofield
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, recorded in 1981 and released in 1983 on
Enja Records
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. It is the last of three albums to feature his trio with bass guitarist
Steve Swallow
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and drummer
Adam Nussbaum
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Early life
Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955. He grew up in Norwalk (Connecticut), Norwalk, Connecticut, and first played the drums at the age of four. Aft ...
.
The album is the follow-up to his previous ''
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'' as both recordings contain material from the same Munich concert venue. ''Out Like a Light'' contains the third evening of December 1981 the trio played there. Except for the last track, a standard by
Alan Jay Lerner
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the repertoire consists of four original compositions by Scofield that all run over 7 minutes. It was the third and last album of this trio and the last for the Enja label. During his following tenure with
Miles Davis
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Sco would sign with
Gramavision
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In 1979, Jonathan F.P. ...
.
Scofield and Swallow continued to work together. Swallow would serve as producer on a number of Scofield albums on which he does not play, and eventually as bassist once again with a touring trio ('' EnRoute: John Scofield Trio LIVE'', 2004) on '' This Meets That'' in 2006, and '' Country for Old Men'' in 2016. Sco and Swallow also recorded together with
Paul Bley
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'', 1986), on Swallow's own album ''
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'' (1992), and with
Kip Hanrahan
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,
Gary Burton
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,
Motohiko Hino
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Al Lerner
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Personnel
*John Scofield – electric guitar
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar.
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– bass guitar
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Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum (born November 29, 1955) is an American jazz drummer.
Early life
Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955. He grew up in Norwalk (Connecticut), Norwalk, Connecticut, and first played the drums at the age of four. Aft ...