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On View At The Five Spot Cafe - The Complete Masters

On View At The Five Spot Cafe - The Complete Masters cover
RecordedAug 25, 1959
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 4021
Released1959
Personnel6 credited players
Discogsmaster 331502

The record

Cut live at the Five Spot with Blakey pushing hard behind him, this session pairs the guitarist's cool-toned lyricism with Tina Brooks' underrated tenor for a set that captures the room's heat and swing in real time.

Session personnel

  • Ben Tucker — bass
  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Kenny Burrell — guitar
  • Bobby Timmons — piano
  • Roland Hanna — piano
  • Tina Brooks — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

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Pressings

2025Blue Note — STEREO
2025Blue Note · 60247598116 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2025Blue Note · UCGQ-9098 — SACD, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-SACD
2025Blue Note · 0060247598116 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
2025Blue Note · UCCQ-1218/9 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, UHQCD

Follow the players

Ben Tucker also plays on

Art Blakey also plays on

Kenny Burrell also plays on

Bobby Timmons also plays on