On View at the Five Spot Cafe

1959 live album by Kenny Burrell with Art Blakey
On View at the Five Spot Cafe
Live album by
Kenny Burrell with Art Blakey
Released1959
RecordedAugust 25, 1959
GenreJazz
Length50:38
LabelBlue Note
ProducerAlfred Lion
Kenny Burrell chronology
Blue Lights
(1958) 		On View at the Five Spot Cafe
(1959) 		A Night at the Vanguard
(1959)

On View at the Five Spot Cafe is a live album by American jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell, with drummer Art Blakey, recorded at the Five Spot Café in New York City on August 25, 1959 and released on Blue Note.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "As the dawn of the 1960s saw new-breed jazz being fomented, Burrell, Blakey, and company proved you could still swing and remain melodic while creating new sonic vistas. This recording is easily recommended to all".[2]

English jazz guitarist Andy Summers referred to Burrell's solo on "Lover Man" as "one of the best jazz guitar solos ever recorded."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
DownBeat[4]

Track listing

Note: On all releases issued by Blue Note, Blue Note Japan, or otherwise licensed by EMI records, the composition "Hackensack" by Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkins is listed as "Oh, Lady Be Good!" by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. "Hackensack" is a contrafact of "Oh, Lady Be Good". The track listings that follow reflect the listings of the physical LP, cassette, and CD releases.

Original release

Side 1

  1. "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:15
  2. "Hallelujah" (Clifford Grey, Leo Robin, Vincent Youmans) – 11:43

Side 2

  1. "Lady Be Good" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 8:15
  2. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 9:48
  3. "36-23-36" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:35

CD reissue

  1. "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:15
  2. "Oh, Lady Be Good" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 8:15
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 9:48
  4. "Swingin'" (Clifford Brown) – 9:48 (Bonus track on CD reissue)
  5. "Hallelujah" (Clifford Grey, Leo Robin, Vincent Youmans) – 11:43
  6. "Beef Stew Blues" (Randy Weston) – 4:32 (Bonus track on CD reissue)
  7. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 5:25 (Bonus track on CD reissue)
  8. "36-23-36" (Kenny Burrell) – 3:35

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

Original

Reissue

  • Michael Cuscuna – producer, liner notes
  • Ron McMaster – digital transfers

References

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed January 20, 2011
  2. ^ a b Mastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed January 20, 2011
  3. ^ Summers, Andy (2006). One Train Later. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-35914-0. Page 32.
  4. ^ DeMichael, Don (26 May 1960). "Kenny Burrell: On View at the Five Spot". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 11. pp. 27–28.
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