Live at the Five Spot is a live album by jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1959 at the Five Spot Café and originally released on the United Artists label.[1]
| Live at the Five Spot | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 26 October 1959 | |||
| Venue | The Five Spot Café, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:00 | |||
| Label | United Artists UAL 4066 | |||
| Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, praised the location sound quality and concluded that "Records like this are enough to restore your faith in jazz".[3] AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
Track listing edit
All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated
- "Hi-Fly" 7:21
- "Beef Blues Stew" - 5:00
- "Where" - 5:53
- "Star Crossed Lovers" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 5:09
- "Spot Five Blues" (Weston, Kenny Dorham) - 10:42
- "Lisa Lovely" - 4:38
Personnel edit
- Randy Weston - piano
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
- Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
- Wilbur Little - bass
- Clifford Jarvis (track 6), Roy Haynes - drums
- Brock Peters - vocal (track 3)
- Melba Liston - arranger
References edit
- ^ Randy Weston discography, accessed August 14, 2012.
- ^ a b AllMusic review, accessed August 14, 2012.
- ^ a b Gitler, Ira (August 31, 1961). "Randy Weston: Live at the Five Spot". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 18. p. 28.