Jaki Byard Quartet Live!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Jaki Byard Quartet Live!
| type = Live album
| artist = Jaki Byard Quartet
| cover = Jaki Byard Quartet Live!.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded = April 15, 1965
Lennie's On The Turnpike in West Peabody, Massachusetts
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 76:03
| label = Prestige
PR 7419 and PR 7477
| producer =
| chronology = Jaki Byard
| prev_title = Out Front!
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = The Last from Lennie's
| next_year = 1966
}}
Jaki Byard Quartet Live! is an album by pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1965 and originally released on the Prestige label as two long LP records and later reissued in 1992 as a single CD.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7419 Prestige Records discography] accessed July 25, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 35
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=208}}
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AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "The set, recorded live at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike in Massachusetts, is a superior outing for all of the players... Recommended".Yanow, Scott [https://www.allmusic.com/album/live%21-mw0000092178 AllMusic Review], accessed July 2, 2022 Gary Giddins was also positive, and picked out "Twelve" from "the inspired quartet performances": "this piece has free episodes resolved by blues choruses, and Byard's comping is so vigorous that he makes the quartet sound like a larger band".Giddins, Gary (1985) Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 1980s, p. 6. Oxford University Press.
Track listing
All compositions by Jaki Byard except as indicated
- "Twelve" – 12:10 Originally released on Vol. 1
- "Denise" – 9:41 Originally released on Vol. 1
- "Thing What Is" (Alan Dawson) – 11:36 Originally released on Vol. 1
- "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 13:39 Originally released on Vol. 1
- "Alan's Got Rhythm" (Byard, Dawson) – 10:28 Originally released on Vol. 2
- "Cathy" (Joe Farrell) – 8:08 Originally released on Vol. 2
- "Bass-Ment Blues" – 11:18 Originally released on Vol. 2
Personnel
References
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Further reading
- Monson, Ingrid (1996) Saying Something: Jazz Improvisation and Interaction. The University of Chicago Press. (Contains a detailed description and discussion of the performance of "Bass-Ment Blues" from this album.)
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