Kelly at Midnight

{{Infobox album

| name = Kelly at Midnight

| type = Album

| artist = Wynton Kelly

| cover = Kelly at Midnight.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960

| recorded = April 27, 1960

| venue =

| studio = Bell Sound (New York City)

| genre = Jazz

| length = 32:32

| label = Vee-Jay

| producer = Sid McCoy

| prev_title = Kelly Great

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Wynton Kelly!

| next_year = 1961

}}

Kelly at Midnight is an album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Vee-Jay label featuring performances by Kelly with Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones recorded in 1960.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/wynton-kelly/catalog/#vee-jay-vjlp-3011 Wynton Kelly discography] accessed March 9, 2010

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states "This 1960 date was a first-rate trio outing with Kelly given the space to demonstrate subtlety and flair, harmonic precision, melodic brilliance and rhythmic diversity".Wynn, R. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142047|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed March 9, 2010

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last1=Cook|first1=Richard|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist)|last2=Morton|first2=Brian|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|year=2008|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition=9th|publisher=Penguin|page=813|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0}}

}}

Track listing

:All compositions by Wynton Kelly except as indicated

{{Track listing

| title1 = Temperance

| length1 = 7:31

| title2 = Weird Lullaby

| note2 = Babs Gonzales

| length2 = 7:11

| title3 = On Stage

| note3 = Rudy Stevenson

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Skatin

| note4 = Stevenson

| length4 = 5:48

| title5 = Pot Luck

| length5 = 6:48

}}

:*Recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City on April 27, 1960

Personnel

References