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Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note

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Released
  
1959

Producer
  
Jack Lewis

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (1959)
  
You 'n' Me (1960)

Label
  
EMI Music Japan

Length
  
39:49

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (1959)
  
A Gasser! (1959)

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 6 & 7, 1959 Half Note, NYC

Artists
  
Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Phil Woods Trio

Similar
  
Al Cohn albums, Jazz albums

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.

Contents

Reception

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

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

  • Zoot Sims, Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 4)
  • Mose Allison - piano
  • Knobby Totah - bass
  • Paul Motian - drums

    • Songs

    1Lover Come Back to Me9:19
    2It Had to Be You10:27
    3Wee Dot9:20

    References

    Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note Wikipedia
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