Tivoli Encounter

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Tivoli Encounter
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Live album by
Released1997
RecordedJuly 16, 1979
VenueJazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length45:25
Label Storyville STCD 8221
Producer Ray Brown
Phineas Newborn, Jr. chronology
Phineas Is Genius
(1977)
Tivoli Encounter
(1997)
C Jam Blues
(1986)

Tivoli Encounter is a live album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr. recorded in Denmark in 1979 at the first Copenhagen Jazz Festival but not released on the Dutch Storyville label until 1997. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Although still displaying impressive technique, Newborn does make some errors in spots and sounds just slightly past his prime. ...Not essential, but still worthwhile". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Track listing

  1. "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:05
  2. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 6:28
  3. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) - 4:22
  4. "Medley: Billie's Bounce/Walkin'" (Charlie Parker/Richard Carpenter) - 8:40
  5. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 5:36
  6. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 6:21
  7. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) - 4:56
  8. "Medley: Trees/Tea for Two" (Oscar Rasbach, Joyce Kilmer/Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 8:26
  9. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) - 3:48
  10. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 5:58
  11. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:27

Personnel

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References

  1. Phineas Newborn, Jr. catalog, accessed May 12, 2015
  2. Phineas Newborn, Jr. discography, accessed May 11, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Tivoli Encounter – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1073. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.