Live at Newport
Live album by
McCoy Tyner
ReleasedFebruary 1964[1]
RecordedJuly 5, 1963
VenueNewport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
GenreJazz
Length38:27
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
McCoy Tyner chronology
Today and Tomorrow
(1964)		 Live at Newport
(1964)		 McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Live at Newport is the fifth and first live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It features performances from bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Mickey Roker, with trumpeter Clark Terry and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano appearing on three of the five tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that "It's straight-ahead hard bop in the best possible sense—accessible but stimulating, engaging and vibrant from beginning to end".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Newport Romp" (McCoy Tyner) – 7:45
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:03
  3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 6:24
  4. "Monk's Blues" (Tyner) – 7:14
  5. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:00

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard February 22, 1964
  2. ↑ Allmusic Review
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Erlewine, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 20, 2009.
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