Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner album)

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Live at Newport
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Live album by
McCoy Tyner
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
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 stars[2]

Live at Newport is the fifth and first live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner.

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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