| Live at the Five Spot | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 26 October 1959 | |||
| Venue | The Five Spot Café, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:00 | |||
| Label | United Artists UAL 4066 | |||
| Producer | Tom Wilson | |||
| Randy Weston chronology | ||||
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Live at the Five Spot is a live album by jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1959 at the Five Spot Café and originally released on the United Artists label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Ira Gitler, praised the location sound quality and concluded that "Records like this are enough to restore your faith in jazz". [3] AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]
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