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This article is about a jazz album recorded by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods. For other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club, see Half note (disambiguation). 1959 live album by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
Live album by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 6 & 7, 1959
Half Note, NYC
GenreJazz
Length39:49
LabelUnited Artists UAL 4040/UAS 5040
ProducerJack Lewis
Zoot Sims chronology
Stretching Out
(1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)
A Gasser!
(1959)
Al Cohn chronology
Al and Zoot
(1957)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)
You 'n' Me
(1960)
Phil Woods chronology
Early Quintets
(1959)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)
Rights of Swing
(1961)

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note is a live album by saxophonists Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods recorded at the Half Note Club in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states "Bop and cool fans will want to make any effort to hear this excellent release".

Track listing

  1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:08
  2. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 10:14
  3. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) - 8:50
  4. "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 11:37
  • Recorded at the Half Note in NYC on February 6, 1959 (tracks 1 & 2) and February 7, 1959 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R., Neely, T. & Callahan, M. Discography Preview for the United Artists label 40000 & 4000/5000 Series (1958–1972), accessed May 20, 2016
  2. Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed May 20, 2016
  3. ^ Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
Al Cohn
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  • Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
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