{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Mighty Lights | type = studio | artist = Jane Ira Bloom | cover = Mighty Lights - cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1983 | recorded = November 17–18, 1982 | studio = Vanguard Studios, NYC | genre = Jazz | length = 39:10 | label = Enja | producer = Matthias Winckelmann | chronology = Jane Ira Bloom | prev_title = Second Wind | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = As One | next_year = 1985 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last1=Kelsey |first1=Chris |title=Mighty Lights - Jane Ira Bloom {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-lights-mw0000267377 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=24 July 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> | rev2 = ''DownBeat'' | rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="JW">{{cite book |last1=Enstice |first1=Wayne |last2=Stockhouse |first2=Janis |title=Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians |date=2004 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34436-6 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9MCn6tJ5-8C&q=mighty+lights+jane+ira+bloom&pg=PA1 |accessdate=24 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = Tom Hull | rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Jane Ira Bloom |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=Jane+Ira+Bloom | publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=24 July 2020}}</ref> | rev4 =''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Cook|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|page=137|isbn=9780141023274 |url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/page/136/mode/2up|accessdate=24 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> }} '''''Mighty Lights''''' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released in 1983 by Enja label. The album also features Fred Hersch on piano, Charlie Haden on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Riley |first1=Herlin |last2=Vidacovich |first2=Johnny |last3=Thress |first3=Dan |title=New Orleans Jazz and Second Line Drumming |date=1995 |publisher=Alfred Music Publishing |isbn=978-0-89724-921-8 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCaZzQDz5cwC&q=mighty+lights+jane+ira+bloom&pg=PA52 |accessdate=24 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
==Reception== AllMusic's Chris Kelsey wrote, " Bloom's control over the horn was occasionally dubious, but she evidenced an attractive tone and a coherent (if a bit immature and self-conscious) manner of phrasing. Her tunes were already quite sophisticated and distinctive, pointing to the even more ambitious composer into which she evolved. On the other hand, her band for this album will probably not be excelled for the rest of her career."<ref name="AM"/> Writers of ''Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians'' stated that the album "established her as a new voice to be reckoned with on the soprano saxophone."<ref name="JW"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title_width = 80% | total_length= 39:10 | all_writing = Jane Ira Bloom except track 2 written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson
| title1 = 2-5-1 | length1 = 6:57
| title2 = Lost in the Stars | length2 = 7:07
| title3 = I Got Rhythm But No Melody | length3 = 5:53
| title4 = The Man with Glasses | length4 = 6:10
| title5 = Change Up | length5 = 7:00
| title6 = Mighty Lights | length6 = 6:03 }}
==Personnel== *Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone *Fred Hersch – piano *Charlie Haden – bass *Ed Blackwell – drums
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.janeirabloom.com/recordings.html}} {{Jane Ira Bloom}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1983 albums Category:Jane Ira Bloom albums Category:Enja Records albums