| Live at the Concord Jazz Festival | |
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| Live album by | |
| Released | 1979 |
| Venue | Concord Jazz Festival |
| Genre | jazz |
| Length | 48:47 |
| Label | Concord |
Live at the Concord Jazz Festival is a 1979 live album recorded at the Concord Jazz Festival by the Ray Brown Trio in August 1979. [1] Singer Ernestine Anderson guest starred. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
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