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This article is about a jazz album recorded by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods. For other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club, see Half note (disambiguation).
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
Live album by
Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 6 & 7, 1959
Half Note, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length39:49
Label United Artists UAL 4040/UAS 5040
ProducerJack Lewis
Zoot Sims chronology
Stretching Out
(1958) 		Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959) 		A Gasser!
(1959)
Al Cohn chronology
Al and Zoot
(1957) 		Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959) 		You 'n' Me
(1960)
Phil Woods chronology
Early Quintets
(1959) 		Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959) 		Rights of Swing
(1961)

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note is a live album by saxophonists Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods recorded at the Half Note Club in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label. [1] [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states "Bop and cool fans will want to make any effort to hear this excellent release". [3]

Track listing

  1. " Lover, Come Back to Me" ( Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:08
  2. " It Had to Be You" ( Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 10:14
  3. "Wee Dot" ( J. J. Johnson) - 8:50
  4. " After You've Gone" ( Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 11:37
  • Recorded at the Half Note in NYC on February 6, 1959 (tracks 1 & 2) and February 7, 1959 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R., Neely, T. & Callahan, M. Discography Preview for the United Artists label 40000 & 4000/5000 Series (1958-1972), accessed May 20, 2016
  2. ^ Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed May 20, 2016
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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