Jazz à la Bohemia

1956 live album by The Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne
Jazz à la Bohemia
Live album by
The Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne
Released1956
Recorded14 October 1956
VenueCafé Bohemia
Greenwich Village, NYC
GenreJazz
Length45:13
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-232
ProducerOrrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Randy Weston chronology
Trio and Solo
(1955-56) 		Jazz à la Bohemia
(1956) 		The Modern Art of Jazz by Randy Weston
(1956)

Jazz à la Bohemia (also released as Greenwich Village Jazz) is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded on October 14, 1956 at the Café Bohemia in Greenwich Village and released on Riverside later that year.[1]

Reception

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AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic said, "Randy Weston, who was more under Thelonious Monk's influence back in 1956 than he would be in the near future, is in top form during this live set."[2]

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" (Randy Weston) – 9:26
  8. "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Gill) – 1:24

Personnel

Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne

Technical personnel

  • Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews – producer
  • Ray Fowler – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – cover photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed August 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 10, 2012.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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