Jazz à la Bohemia explained

Jazz à la Bohemia
Type:	Live album
Artist:	The Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne
Cover:	Jazz á la Bohemia.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	14 October 1956
Venue:	Café Bohemia Greenwich Village, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:13
Label:	Riverside RLP 12-232
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Chronology:	Randy Weston
Prev Title:	Trio and Solo
Prev Year:	1955-56
Next Title:	The Modern Art of Jazz by Randy Weston
Next Year:	1956

Jazz à la Bohemia (also released as Greenwich Village Jazz) is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded on October 14, 1956 at the Café Bohemia in Greenwich Village and released on Riverside later that year.^[1]

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic said, "Randy Weston, who was more under Thelonious Monk's influence back in 1956 than he would be in the near future, is in top form during this live set."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Theme: Solemn Meditation" (Sam Gill) – 0:45
2. "Just a Riff" (Sid Catlett) – 9:50
3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 6:10
4. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 6:26
5. "Hold 'Em Joe" (Traditional) – 7:24
6. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 3:48
7. "Chessman's Delight" (Randy Weston) – 9:26
8. "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")
• Randy Weston – 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-232 Riverside Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 10, 2012.