Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner album)

Live at Newport is the fifth and first live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was recorded at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival and released on the Impulse! label in 1964. It features performances by Tyner with Clark Terry, Charlie Mariano, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker.

Live at Newport
Live album by
Released1964
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[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

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".[3]

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