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1964 live album by McCoy Tyner
Live at Newport
Live album by McCoy Tyner
ReleasedFebruary 1964
RecordedJuly 5, 1963
VenueNewport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
GenreJazz
Length38:27
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
McCoy Tyner chronology
Today and Tomorrow
(1964)
Live at Newport
(1964)
McCoy Tyner Plays Ellington
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Live at Newport is the fifth live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It features performances from bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Mickey Roker, with trumpeter Clark Terry and alto saxophonist Charlie Mariano appearing on three of the five tracks.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that "It's straight-ahead hard bop in the best possible sense—accessible but stimulating, engaging and vibrant from beginning to end".

Track listing

  1. "Newport Romp" (McCoy Tyner) – 7:45
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 8:03
  3. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 6:24
  4. "Monk's Blues" (Tyner) – 7:14
  5. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:00

Personnel

References

  1. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 22, 1964. p. 28 – via Google Books.
  2. "Live at Newport - McCoy Tyner | Album". AllMusic.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 194. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Erlewine, S. AllMusic review, accessed February 20, 2009
McCoy Tyner
Discography
Impulse!
(1962–1964)
Blue Note
(1967–1970)
Milestone
(1972–1981)
Various
(1981–1989)
Various
(1990–1994)
Impulse!
(1995–1997)
Telarc
(1999–2004)
McCoy Tyner
Music
(2004–2009)
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