Kelly at Midnight

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Kelly at Midnight
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedApril 27, 1960
Studio Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length32:32
Label Vee-Jay
Producer Sid McCoy
Wynton Kelly chronology
Kelly Great
(1959)
Kelly at Midnight
(1960)
Wynton Kelly!
(1961)

Kelly at Midnight is an album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Vee-Jay label featuring performances by Kelly with Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones recorded in 1960. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states "This 1960 date was a first-rate trio outing with Kelly given the space to demonstrate subtlety and flair, harmonic precision, melodic brilliance and rhythmic diversity". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Wynton Kelly except as indicated
No.TitleLength
1."Temperance"7:31
2."Weird Lullaby" (Babs Gonzales)7:11
3."On Stage" (Rudy Stevenson)5:13
4."Skatin" (Stevenson)5:48
5."Pot Luck"6:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Wynton Kelly discography accessed March 9, 2010
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed March 9, 2010
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 813. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.