Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston album)
{{Short description|1959 live album by pianist Randy Weston}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Live at the Five Spot
| type = Live
| artist = Randy Weston
| cover = Live at the Five Spot.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = 26 October 1959
| venue = The Five Spot Café, New York City
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 38:00
| label = United Artists
UAL 4066
| producer = Tom Wilson
| chronology = Randy Weston
| prev_title = Destry Rides Again
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Uhuru Afrika
| next_year = 1960
}}
Live at the Five Spot is a live album by jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1959 at the Five Spot Café and originally released on the United Artists label.[http://www.randyweston.info/randy-weston-discography-pages/1959fivespot.html Randy Weston discography], accessed August 14, 2012.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Gitler |first=Ira |date=August 31, 1961 |title=Randy Weston: Live at the Five Spot |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=18 |page=28 }}
}}
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, praised the location sound quality and concluded that "Records like this are enough to restore your faith in jazz". AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-five-spot-mw0000920926 AllMusic review], accessed August 14, 2012.
Track listing
All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated
- "Hi-Fly" 7:21
- "Beef Blues Stew" - 5:00
- "Where" - 5:53
- "Star Crossed Lovers" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 5:09
- "Spot Five Blues" (Weston, Kenny Dorham) - 10:42
- "Lisa Lovely" - 4:38
Personnel
- Randy Weston - piano
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6)
- Coleman Hawkins - tenor saxophone
- Wilbur Little - bass
- Clifford Jarvis (track 6), Roy Haynes - drums
- Brock Peters - vocal (track 3)
- Melba Liston - arranger