''Jazz à la Bohemia'' (also released as ''Greenwich Village Jazz'') is a

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by American jazz pianist

Randy Weston Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Weston's piano style owed much to Duke Ellington and Thelonious M ...

recorded on October 14, 1956 at the

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and released on Riverside later that year.Riverside Records discography
accessed August 10, 2012.

Reception

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said, "Randy Weston, who was more under

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's influence back in 1956 than he would be in the near future, is in top form during this live set."Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed August 10, 2012.

Track listing

# "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Sam Gill) – 0:45 # "Just a Riff" (

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) – 9:50 # "

You Go to My Head "You Go to My Head" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. Many versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard. Melody and lyrics Alec Wilder terms Coots' melod ...

" ( J. Fred Coots,

Haven Gillespie James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975), known under the pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of " You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", " That Luc ...

) – 6:10 # " Once in a While" ( Michael Edwards,

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) – 6:26 # "Hold 'Em Joe" (Traditional) – 7:24 # "

It's All Right with Me "It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical '' Can-Can'', where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier. The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical ''High S ...

" (

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) – 3:48 # "Chessman's Delight" (Randy Weston) – 9:26 # "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Gill) – 1:24

Personnel

Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne

* Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone (except "You Go to My Head", "It's All Right with Me") *

– piano * Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass (except "It's All Right with Me") * Al Dreares – drums (except "It's All Right with Me")

Technical personnel

* Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews – producer * Ray Fowler – engineer * Paul Bacon – design * Paul Weller – cover photography * Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazz a la Bohemia Randy Weston live albums 1956 live albums Riverside Records live albums Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews Albums recorded at the Café Bohemia