Live at the Village Vanguard (Tom Harrell album)

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Live at the Village Vanguard
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Live album by
ReleasedMay 7, 2002
RecordedNovember 15–18, 2001
Genre Jazz
Length1:10:06
Label Bluebird RCA / Bluebird
Producer Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell chronology
Paradise
(2001)
Live at the Village Vanguard
(2002)
Wise Children
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
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Live at the Village Vanguard is a Tom Harrell album recorded for RCA with Harrell's then quintet and released in 2002. The band included Jimmy Greene on tenor sax, Ugonna Okegwo on bass, Xavier Davis on piano and Quincy Davis on drums. This is Harrell's first live album. [1] A JazzTimes review called the album "a worthy addition to the library of recordings made at the Vanguard". [4] With the exception of the 1940 standard "Everything Happens to Me", the album consists of mostly new compositions. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Asia Minor"Tom Harrell8:43
2."Manhattan, 3 A.M."Tom Harrell3:07
3."Where the Rain Begins"Angela Harrell, Tom Harrell6:18
4."Blues in Una Sea"Tom Harrell11:39
5."A Child's Dream"Tom Harrell9:24
6."Design"Tom Harrell8:46
7."Everything Happens to Me" Matt Dennis, Tom Adair 9:29
8."Party Song"Tom Harrell12:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [5]

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