Light On (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Light On

| type = studio

| artist = Tom Harrell

| cover = Light-on-tom-harrell-album-cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2007|06|26}}

| recorded = December 5 and 7, 2006

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz, post-bop

| length = {{Duration|h=1|m=5|s=46}}

| label = HighNote

| producer = Don Sickler

| prev_title = Humanity

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Prana Dance

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/light-on-mw0000484415 |title=Allmusic: Tom Harrell - Light On - review |author=Scott Yanow |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=August 2, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723030518/http://www.allmusic.com/album/light-on-mw0000484415 |archivedate=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=652}}

}}

Light On is a jazz album by trumpeter-composer Tom Harrell released in 2007 through HighNote Records. This is the first album recorded by Harrell's then recent quintet. The group went on to release five albums between 2007 and 2012 and forms the core of a sixth album released in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/174986548/tom-harrells-colors-of-a-dream-live-at-the-village-vanguard|title=Tome Harrell's 'Color of a Dream'|publisher=NPR.org|date=March 27, 2013|accessdate=August 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731043057/http://www.npr.org/event/music/174986548/tom-harrells-colors-of-a-dream-live-at-the-village-vanguard|archivedate=July 31, 2014|url-status=live}} The group consists of Wayne Escoffery on sax, Danny Grissett on piano, Ugonna Okegwo on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums. In 2007, the album topped the U.S. jazz radio chart and received a SESAC jazz award in the following year.{{cite web|url=http://www.sesac.com/Events/awards/jazz08.aspx|title=SESAC Honors Music Greats at 4th Annual Jazz Awards Luncheon (2008)|publisher=SESAC|accessdate=August 2, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719062240/http://sesac.com/Events/awards/jazz08.aspx|archivedate=July 19, 2014|url-status=live}}