If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem

If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem
If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem
	Photograph by Philip Melnick
Live album by Joe Henderson Quintet
Released	November 1970
Recorded	September 24–26, 1970; Lighthouse Café, Hermosa Beach
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:15
Label	Milestone Records
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Joe Henderson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2] Original Release
AllMusic	^[3] 2004 Reissue
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4] 2004 Reissue
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem is the eleventh album by American jazz tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson. It was rereleased in 2004 as At the Lighthouse, with an alternative album cover listing the personnel in place of the original title and several extra tracks.

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states that "this live session from the legendary Lighthouse features a particularly strong version of the Joe Henderson Quintet" and contains "excellent remakes of 'Mode for Joe' and 'Blue Bossa' ... and a fine rendition of ''Round Midnight'."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Henderson and Shaw play some of the leader's choicest compositions in a steaming live showcase, one of the most fondly remembered Henderson albums of the period."^[4]

Track listing[]

Original[]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Caribbean Fire Dance"	Joe Henderson	5:38
2.	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk	9:02
3.	"Mode for Joe"	Cedar Walton	8:34

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem"	Henderson	11:29
2.	"Blue Bossa"	Kenny Dorham	9:15
3.	"Closing Theme"	Henderson	0:47

Reissue[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Caribbean Fire Dance"	Henderson	5:39
2.	"Recorda-Me" (Bonus track)	Henderson	8:21
3.	"A Shade of Jade" (Bonus track)	Henderson	10:32
4.	"Isotope" (Bonus track)	Henderson	4:32
5.	"'Round Midnight"	Monk	9:03
6.	"Mode for Joe"	Walton	8:34
7.	"Invitation" (Bonus track)	Bronisław Kaper	7:34
8.	"If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem"	Henderson	11:32
9.	"Blue Bossa"	Dorham	9:47
10.	"Closing Theme"	Henderson	0:46
Total length:			1:16:20

Personnel[]

George Cables – electronic piano
Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
Ron McClure – double bass, electric bass
Woody Shaw – flugelhorn, trumpet
Tony Waters – congas
Lenny White – drums

References[]

^ "At the Lighthouse – Joe Henderson – Credits". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Scott Yanow. "If You're Not Part of the Problem...Joe Henderson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^ Ron Wynn. "At the Lighthouse - Joe Henderson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 688.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 100. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] "At the Lighthouse – Joe Henderson – Credits". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[Allmusic1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Scott Yanow. "If You're Not Part of the Problem...Joe Henderson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[Allmusic2-3] Ron Wynn. "At the Lighthouse - Joe Henderson". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[Penguin-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 688.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 100. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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