''In New York'' is a 1991 live album by tenor saxophonist Steve Grossman with the

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Trio released on the Dreyfus label. It was recorded in September 1991 at Sweet Basil in

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and features a live performance by Grossman and Tyner with bassist

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and drummer Art Taylor. The

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review by Richard Ginell states "With this kind of firepower, the listener is usually guaranteed a satisfying level of cooking jazz, and that's certainly what we get here, though it seldom rises above that into a higher region".Ginell, R.

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accessed March 4, 2009

Track listing

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" ( Gershwin, Weill)9:45 # "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (

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, Romberg)12:10 # " Impressions" ( Coltrane)10:15 # " Over the Rainbow" (

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, Harburg)9:29 # "Love for Sal" (Grossman)8:58 # "Good Bait" ( Basie,

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)9:01 :*Recorded at Sweet Basil, New York, New York on September 13 & 14, 1991

Personnel

* Steve Grossman

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

bass * Art Taylor drums

References

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