''Leroy Jenkins Live!'' is a live album by violinist / composer Leroy Jenkins. It was recorded in March 1992 at

P.S. 122 Performance Space New York, formerly known as Performance Space 122 or P.S. 122, is a non-profitable arts organization founded in 1980 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in an abandoned public school building. Origin The former eleme ...

in New York City, and was released by

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in 1993. On the album, Jenkins is joined by guitarist

Brandon Ross Brandon K. Ross is an American jazz guitarist. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Career Ross did clerical work for Leroy Jenkins before playing with Archie Shepp and Marion Brown in the second half of the 1970s. He has performed with Wa ...

, synthesizer player Eric Johnson, bassist Hill Greene, and drummer

Reggie Nicholson Reginald "Reggie" Nicholson (born July 17, 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Nicholson took a bachelor's degree in percussion performance at Chicago State University and became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musician ...

. The album is subtitled "featuring Computer Minds."

Reception

The authors of the ''

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'' awarded the album 3.5 stars, stating: "The live session completely merits the exclamation mark. It's a fierce, urgent session, recorded in a New York public school, and sounds appropriately in contact with what's going on in the streets." A review in the ''MusicHound Jazz Guide'' commented: "The energy level throughout is taut yet explosive, with special kudos to 'Static in the Attic and 'Computer Minds'."

Track listing

All compositions by Leroy Jenkins. # "Bird, Eddie, And Monk" - 9:42 # "A Prayer" - 5:31 # "Static In The Attic" - 8:15 # "Computer Minds" - 4:44 # "Looking For The Blues" - 6:57 # "Chicago" - 13:40 # "Jehovah Theme" - 3:05 * Recorded March 15, 1992 at

, New York City.

Personnel

* Leroy Jenkins – violin *

– guitar * Eric Johnson – synthesizer * Hill Greene – bass *

– drums

References

{{Reflist 1993 live albums Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician) live albums Black Saint/Soul Note live albums