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Four Brothers 08:44
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On the Alamo 09:44
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I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her 08:11
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Fred 07:18
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Chinatown, My Chinatown 05:28
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Lady Be Good 06:39
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The Touch of Your Lips 08:46
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Willow Weep for Me 04:13
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Just You, Just Me 09:49
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O Grande Amor 09:23
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"I had been to Belfast on six occasions prior to this concert/recording date, and had heard all about what the folks in Northern Ireland refer to us 'the troubles'. Well, on these November nights 'the troubles' seemed a million miles away." Frank Tate

When live jazz is played as well as it is on Live in Belfast, it's easy to say nice things about the music. Bass player Frank Tate leads a hot band featuring guitarist Howard Alden, tenor Harry Allen, pianist Dave McKenna, and drummer Butch Miles. The set was recorded during two live dates in Belfast in 1996 before a crowd that knew good jazz when they heard it. The band kick-starts this set with "Four Brothers," a swinging tune filled with eight minutes of breezy solos, then slides into the mellow "On the Alamo" with some lovely work by Alden and Allen. Tate's basslines are insistent on numbers like the jaunty "Lady Be Good" and "Just You, Just Me" (which he kicks off). He also takes a number of leads on tunes like "On the Alamo" that add to the overall texture. Together with Miles' percussion and McKenna's piano, this rhythm section is central to the sound on Live in Belfast. McKenna plays a one-person show on "Chinatown, My Chinatown," beginning with lively stride and moving to a mellow, almost classical, approach. There are a number of excellent solos by Allen and Alden on this disc, with the tenor often setting the mood for a piece and the guitar answering in kind. This album offers an excellent introduction to every player involved. It is also a long disc -- 78 minutes -- meaning that everyone is given plenty of room to stretch out on nearly every cut. Listening to Live in Belfast may not be the same as "being there," but it's pretty darn close.

AllMusic Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

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released January 11, 2021

Frank Tate - bass
Harry Allen - tenor sax
Howard Alden - guitar
Dave McKenna - piano
Butch Miles - drums

Recorded live November 1996 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Howard Alden Newport Beach, California

Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist.
He studied jazz guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood with Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, and Howard Roberts.
Alden moved to New York to play with Joe Bushkin, Joe Williams and Woody Herman.
He has recorded the guitar performances for Sean Penn's character Emmet Ray in Woody Allen's 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown. ... more

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