Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston album)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
DownBeat

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.

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

References

Randy Weston discography, accessed August 14, 2012.
^ AllMusic review, accessed August 14, 2012.
^ Gitler, Ira (August 31, 1961). "Randy Weston: Live at the Five Spot". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 18. p. 28.

v t e Randy Weston
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Some titles have been shortened.
As leader or co-leader	Cole Porter in a Modern Mood (1954) The Randy Weston Trio (1955) Get Happy (1955) With These Hands... (1956) Trio and Solo (1955–56) Jazz à la Bohemia (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz (1956) Piano á la Mode (1957) New Faces at Newport (split with Lem Winchester, 1958) Little Niles (1958) Destry Rides Again (1959) Live at the Five Spot (1959) Uhuru Afrika (1960) Highlife (1963) Randy (1964; aka, African Cookbook, Atlantic) Berkshire Blues (1965) Monterey '66 (1966) African Cookbook (Polydor, 1969) Niles Littlebig (1969) Blue Moses (1972) Tanjah (1973) Carnival (1974) Blues to Africa (1974) The Healers (with David Murray, 1987) The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991) Khepera (1998)
With others	Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1984) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)

v t e Coleman Hawkins
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Body and Soul (1939–56)/The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) Disorder at the Border (1952) The Hawk Talks (1952–53) The Hawk Returns (released 1954) Timeless Jazz (1954) Accent on Tenor Sax (1955) The Hawk in Paris (1956) The Gilded Hawk (1956–57) Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957) The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957) The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957) The Hawk Flies High (1957) Bean Bags (and Milt Jackson, 1958) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958) Soul (1958) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958) The Saxophone Section (1958) Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959) Hawk Eyes (1959) Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas, 1959) Very Saxy (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Buddy Tate, Arnett Cobb, 1959) At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960) Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960) Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) The Hawk Swings (1960) Jazz Reunion (and Pee Wee Russell, 1961) The Hawk Relaxes (1961) Back in Bean's Bag (and Clark Terry, 1962) Bluesy Burrell (with Kenny Burrell, 1962) Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962) Desafinado (1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962) Good Old Broadway (1962) Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962) Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962) The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962) Today and Now (1962) Sonny Meets Hawk! (and Sonny Rollins, 1963) Wrapped Tight (1965) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
With others	Further Definitions (Benny Carter, 1951) All the Cats Join In (Buck Clayton, 1953–56) Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55) The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1939) Blues Groove (Tiny Grimes, 1958) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962) Monk's Music (Thelonious Monk, 1957) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957) We Insist! (Max Roach, 1960) Ben Webster and Associates (1959) Live at the Five Spot (Randy Weston, 1959) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)

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