Live at Newport (Eddie Harris album)

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Live at Newport
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Live album by Eddie Harris
Released 1970
Recorded July 12, 1970
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Genre Jazz
Length 38:29
Label Atlantic
SD 1595
Producer Joel Dorn, Eddie Harris and Marvin Lagunoff
Eddie Harris chronology
Come on Down!
(1970)Come on Down!1970
Live at Newport
(1970)
Second Movement
(1971)Second Movement1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Live at Newport is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "These advanced tracks didn't win him any points with the critics of the time but hindsight reveals that harmonically as well as electronically, Harris was ahead of most of the pack".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Children's Song" - 6:13
  2. "Carry on Brother" - 5:12
  3. "Don't You Know the Future's in Space" - 8:05
  4. "Silent Majority" (Gene McDaniels) - 5:47
  5. "Walk Soft" - 4:15
  6. "South Side" - 8:57

Personnel

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 10, 2012
  2. Atlantic Records discography accessed May 11, 2012