The Lamp and the Star is an album by American jazz percussionist and drummer Alex Cline recorded in September 1987 and released on ECM in November 1989. The octet consists singers Nels Cline and Aina Kemanis, didgeridoo player Susan Rawcliffe, string section Jeff Gauthier and Hank Roberts, and rhythm section Wayne Peet, Eric Von Essen and Alex Cline himself.