Live at Newport (Eddie Harris album)

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Live at Newport
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Live album by
Eddie Harris
Released1970
RecordedJuly 12, 1970
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
GenreJazz
Length38:29
LabelAtlantic
SD 1595
ProducerJoel Dorn, Eddie Harris and Marvin Lagunoff
Eddie Harris chronology
Come on Down!
(1970) 		Live at Newport
(1970) 		Second Movement
(1971)

Live at Newport is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]

The Allmusic review stated "These advanced tracks didn't win him any points with the critics of the time but hindsight reveals that harmonically as well as electronically, Harris was ahead of most of the pack".[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Children's Song" - 6:13
  2. "Carry on Brother" - 5:12
  3. "Don't You Know the Future's in Space" - 8:05
  4. "Silent Majority" (Gene McDaniels) - 5:47
  5. "Walk Soft" - 4:15
  6. "South Side" - 8:57

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 11, 2012
  2. ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2012
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