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Randy Weston: Jazz à la Bohemia

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In November 1956, “Riverside” label released “Jazz à la Bohemia”, the sixth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Café Bohemia” in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – piano
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Al Dreares – drums
  • Ray Fowler – engineer
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – cover photography
  • Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill
  2. Just a Riff – Sid Catlett
  3. You Go to My Head – J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie
  4. Once in a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
  5. Hold ‘Em Joe – traditional
  6. It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
  7. Chessman’s Delight – Randy Weston
  8. Theme: Solemn Meditation – Sam Gill

Randy Weston: Get Happy with Randy Weston Trio

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In February 1956, “Riverside” label released “Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio”, the third Randy Weston album. It was recorded in 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer.

Personnel:

  • Randy Weston – piano
  • Sam Gill – bass
  • Wilbert Hogan – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.

  1. Get Happy – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  2. Fire Down There – traditional
  3. Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  4. Under Blunder
  5. Dark Eyes – Florian Hermann
  6. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  7. Bass Knows
  8. C Jam Blues – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
  9. A Ballad – Sam Gill
  10. Twelfth Street Rag – Euday L. Bowman