Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
1959 live album by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
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| Live album by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | February 6 & 7, 1959 Half Note, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:49 | |||
| Label | United Artists UAL 4040/UAS 5040 | |||
| Producer | Jack Lewis | |||
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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
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| 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
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:08
- "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 10:14
- "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) - 8:50
- "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
- Zoot Sims, Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
- Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 4)
- Mose Allison - piano
- Nabil "Knobby" Totah - bass
- Paul Motian - drums
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed May 20, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953)
- Mr. Music (1954)
- The Natural Seven (1955)
- That Old Feeling (1955)
- Four Brass One Tenor (1955)
- The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca, 1955)
- From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Sax Section (1956)
- Cohn on the Saxophone (1956)
- Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, and Zoot Sims, 1956)
- The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956)
- The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff, 1957)
- Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957)
- You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960)
- Son of Drum Suite (1960)
- Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961)
- Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962)
- Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973)
- Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974)
- Play It Now (1975)
- True Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976)
- Al Cohn's America (1976)
- Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles, 1977)
- No Problem (1979)
- Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (with Zoot Sims and Phil Woods, 1959)
- Xanadu in Africa (with Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980)
- Night Flight to Dakar (with Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler, 1980)
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