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Jazz à la Bohemia

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Randy Weston

Label
  
Riverside Records

Length
  
45:13

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
14 October 1956 Café Bohemia, Greenwich Village, New York City

Jazz à la Bohemia (1956)
  
The Modern Art of Jazz by Randy Weston (1956)

Producers
  
Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer

Similar
  
Randy Weston albums, Jazz albums

Jazz à la Bohemia (also released as Greenwich Village Jazz) is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston's trio with saxophonist Cecil Payne which was recorded in 1956 at the Café Bohemia and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Randy Weston, who was more under Thelonious Monk's influence back in 1956 then he would be in the near future, is in top form during this live set".

Track listing

  1. "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Sam Gill) - 0:45
  2. "Just a Riff" (Sid Catlett) - 9:50
  3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 6:10
  4. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 6:26
  5. "Hold 'Em Joe" (Traditional) - 7:24
  6. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) - 3:48
  7. "Chessman's Delight" - 9:26 (Randy Weston)
  8. "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Gill) - 1:24

Personnel

  • Randy Weston - piano
  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8)
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8)
  • Wilbert Hogan - drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8)

    • References

    Jazz à la Bohemia Wikipedia
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