Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note

This article is about a jazz album recorded by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods. For other jazz albums recorded at the Half Note Club, see Half note (disambiguation).

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
Live album by Zoot Sims, Al Cohn & Phil Woods
Released	1959
Recorded	February 6 & 7, 1959 Half Note, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:49
Label	United Artists UAL 4040/UAS 5040
Producer	Jack Lewis
Zoot Sims chronology
Stretching Out (1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (1959) A Gasser! (1959)
Al Cohn chronology
Al and Zoot (1957) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (1959) You 'n' Me (1960)
Phil Woods chronology
Early Quintets (1959) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (1959) Rights of Swing (1961)

Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note is a live album by saxophonists Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Phil Woods recorded at the Half Note Club in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states "Bop and cool fans will want to make any effort to hear this excellent release".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 9:08
2. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 10:14
3. "Wee Dot" (J. J. Johnson) - 8:50
4. "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) - 11:37

• Recorded at the Half Note in NYC on February 6, 1959 (tracks 1 & 2) and February 7, 1959 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

• Zoot Sims, Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 4)
• Mose Allison - piano
• Nabil "Knobby" Totah - bass
• Paul Motian - drums

References

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P., Watts, R., Neely, T. & Callahan, M. Discography Preview for the United Artists label 40000 & 4000/5000 Series (1958–1972), accessed May 20, 2016
2. Zoot Sims Catalog, accessed May 20, 2016
3. Dryden, Ken. Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2016.