Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard

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Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard
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Live album by
David Newman
Released1989
RecordedDecember 22 & 23, 1988
Venue Village Vanguard, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length45:55Original LP release
Label Atlantic
81965-1
Producer Bob Porter
David Newman chronology
Heads Up
(1987)		Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard
(1989)		 Blue Head
(1990)

Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American saxophonist David Newman's Quintet, with guest appearances by Stanley Turrentine and Hank Crawford, recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1988 and released on the Atlantic label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it: "An enjoyable set of soulful, straight-ahead jazz.". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 7:46
  2. "Chenya" (David "Fathead" Newman) – 8:33
  3. "Slippin' Down" (David Leonhardt) – 6:53
  4. "Wide Open Spaces" (Babs Gonzales) – 7:34
  5. "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) – 7:48
  6. "Filthy McNasty" (Horace Silver) – 7:21
  7. "Blues for Ball" (McCoy Tyner) – 12:34 Additional track on CD release
  8. "Hard Times" (Paul Mitchell) – 9:25 Additional track on CD release

Personnel

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