Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
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 Zoot Sims , Al Cohn and Phil Woods recorded at the Half Note Club in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.[ 1] [ 2]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states "Bop and cool fans will want to make any effort to hear this excellent release".[ 3]
Track listing
"Lover, Come Back to Me " (Sigmund Romberg , Oscar Hammerstein II ) - 9:08
"It Had to Be You " (Isham Jones , Gus Kahn ) - 10:14
"Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson ) - 8:50
"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
^ 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
^ Zoot Sims Catalog , accessed May 20, 2016^ a b Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – ReviewAllMusic . Retrieved May 20, 2016.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums
Al Cohn's Tones Mr. Music The Natural Seven That Old Feeling Four Brass One Tenor The Brothers! Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca , 1955)From A to...Z Zoot Sims , 1956)The Sax Section Cohn on the Saxophone Tenor Conclave John Coltrane , Hank Mobley , and Zoot Sims, 1956)The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot You 'n' Me Son of Drum Suite Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along Play It Now True Blue Dexter Gordon , 1976)Silver Blue Al Cohn's America Heavy Love Jimmy Rowles , 1977)No Problem Live albums
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As
The Brothers Stan Getz , 1949–52)Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims Tonite's Music Today Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)Whooeeee Zoot! Locking Horns Joe Newman , 1957)Stretching Out Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note Phil Woods , 1959)Down Home Two Jims and Zoot Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)Inter-Action Sonny Stitt , 1965)Waiting Game The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Nirvana Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)Basie & Zoot Count Basie , 1975)The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)Soprano Sax Hawthorne Nights If I'm Lucky Jimmy Rowles , 1977)For Lady Day Warm Tenor Jimmy Rowles , 1979)The Sweetest Sounds Rune Gustafsson , 1979)Just Friends Harry Edison , 1980)Art 'n' Zoot Art Pepper , 1981) RecordingsAl Cohn
From A to...Z The Sax Section Tenor Conclave Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot Blues and Haikus Jack Kerouac , 1959)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)Son of Drum Suite You 'n' Me Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along WithQuincy WithGerry With
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Encounter! Pepper Adams , 1968)Trigger Happy! East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)Chet Baker & Strings Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe The Bosses "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)Louis Bellson Quintet The Genius of Ray Charles Jazz Is Universal Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)Chris Connor The Book Cooks Booker Ervin , 1960)Loose Blues Bill Evans , 1962)The Aztec Suite Art Farmer , 1959)South American Cookin' Curtis Fuller , 1961)Creole Cookin' Bobby Hackett , 1967)The Hawk in Hi Fi Coleman Hawkins , 1956)Portraits on Standards Stan Kenton , 1953)The Kenton Era The Manhattan Transfer Profiles Gary McFarland , 1966)Something to Swing About Carmen McRae , 1959)Ms. Jazz Metronome All-Stars 1956 The Complete Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus , 1962)Arranged by Montrose Jack Montrose , 1954)Encyclopedia of Jazz Oliver Nelson , 1966)The Sound of Feeling Jazzhattan Suite All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)Transition Lionel Hampton , 1974)Shorty Rogers Courts the Count Samba Para Dos Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)Moonlight in Vermont Johnny Smith , 1952)Phoebe Snow Broadway Soul Sonny Stitt , 1965)Vaughan and Violins Sarah Vaughan , 1958)The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More The Jazz Guitarist At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)
