Live at Birdland: 1957

• Artist: Big Jay McNeely
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• Release Date: 1957
• Type: Live
• Genre: Jazz

Review

An amazing artifact from 1957, when live recordings like this one didn't happen very often. A Seattle engineer with a spanking-new stereo tape recorder captured the contents of this disc while McNeely and his swinging combo were working out at a Seattle nightspot called the Birdland. He gets plenty of room to peel the paper from the gin joint's walls as he wails on "Flying Home," "How High the Moon," and "Let It Roll." ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I Hope You're All Right		Big Jay McNeely	(4:22)
Insect Ball	Ernest Mayhand	Big Jay McNeely	(2:50)
Tenderly		Big Jay McNeely	(3:45)
Havana Hop	Big Jay McNeely	Big Jay McNeely	(5:05)
Flying Home	Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Sydney Robin	Big Jay McNeely	(8:40)
Minnie	J.R. McNeely	Big Jay McNeely	(3:28)
Back... Shack...Track		Big Jay McNeely	(3:38)
Honky Tonk	Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott	Big Jay McNeely	(5:17)
I Got a Woman		Big Jay McNeely	(6:48)
Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Ted Persons, Mercer Ellington	Big Jay McNeely	(5:51)
How High the Moon	Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis	Big Jay McNeely	(3:17)
Oh, What a Fool		Big Jay McNeely	(4:11)
Roadhouse Boogie/Let It All Roll		Big Jay McNeely	(4:31)
There Is Something on Your Mind	Big Jay McNeely	Big Jay McNeely	(3:29)
Deacon's Hop	Cecil McNeely, Big Jay McNeely	Big Jay McNeely	(6:45)
My Darling Dear		Big Jay McNeely	(3:40)

Credits

Big Jay McNeely (Saxophone), Big Jay McNeely (Sax (Tenor))