Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note is a live album by saxophonists 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]

This article is about a jazz album recorded by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods. For for other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club, see Half note (disambiguation).
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
Live album by
Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 6 & 7, 1959
Half Note, NYC
GenreJazz
Length39:49
LabelUnited Artists UAL 4040/UAS 5040
ProducerJack Lewis
Zoot Sims chronology
Stretching Out
(1958)		 Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)		 A Gasser!
(1959)
Al Cohn chronology
Al and Zoot
(1957)		 Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)		 You 'n' Me
(1960)
Phil Woods chronology
Early Quintets
(1959)		 Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
(1959)		 Rights of Swing
(1961)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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
  1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:08
  2. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 10:14
  3. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) - 8:50
  4. "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
  1. 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
  2. Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed May 20, 2016
  3. Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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