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Live at the Five Spot
Live album by
Released1959
Recorded26 October 1959
Venue The Five Spot Café, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:00
Label United Artists
UAL 4066
Producer Tom Wilson
Randy Weston chronology
Destry Rides Again
(1959)
Live at the Five Spot
(1959)
Uhuru Afrika
(1960)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

  1. " Hi-Fly" 7:21
  2. "Beef Blues Stew" - 5:00
  3. "Where" - 5:53
  4. "Star Crossed Lovers" ( Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 5:09
  5. "Spot Five Blues" (Weston, Kenny Dorham) - 10:42
  6. "Lisa Lovely" - 4:38

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Randy Weston discography, accessed August 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b AllMusic review, accessed August 14, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Gitler, Ira (August 31, 1961). "Randy Weston: Live at the Five Spot". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 18. p. 28.