My admiration of excess is even more pronounced than my fascination with confrontation. That’s why I’m all in on The Complete Live at the Lighthouse, the seven-hour and 31-minute expansion of the Lee Morgan album originally released soon after it was recorded at the California club in 1970. The daunting length is a documentation of all 12 sets the quartet of Morgan (trumpet), Bennie Maupin (reeds), Harold Mabern (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass) and Mickey Roker (drums) played in the intimate room during a labor-intensive three-day stint. The stylistic tension between the musicians is conspicuous. While his band mates seem content to rehash the hard bop that was quickly becoming passé, Maupin is eager to expand on the innovations of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy. The Complete Live at the Lighthouse, consequently, is a fascinating glimpse of music at a fateful breaking point.