• Source: Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston album)

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.




Reception



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". AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.




Track listing


All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

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




Personnel


Randy Weston - piano
Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
Wilbur Little - bass
Clifford Jarvis (track 6), Roy Haynes - drums
Brock Peters - vocal (track 3)
Melba Liston - arranger




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston album)
• Live at the Five Spot
• Randy Weston
• Five Spot Café
• On View at the Five Spot Cafe
• Carnival (Randy Weston album)
• Khepera (album)
• The Modern Art of Jazz by Randy Weston
• Hi-Fly (song)
• The Spirits of Our Ancestors