Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979

Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
Live album by Leonard Cohen
Released	February 20, 2001 (copyrighted 2000)
Recorded	December 4, 5, 6, 1979 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London and December 15, 1979 at the Dome Theatre, Brighton
Genre	Contemporary folk
Length	63:03
Label	Columbia
Producer	Leanne Ungar
Leonard Cohen chronology
More Best of Leonard Cohen (1997) Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 (2001) Ten New Songs (2001)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)
Rolling Stone	[3]

Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979 is a live album by Leonard Cohen, released in 2001.^[4] Songs were recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, on 4, 5, and December 6, 1979, and at the Dome Theatre, Brighton, on December 15, 1979. Cohen considered it his "best tour ever".^[5]

Accompanying Cohen was the jazz band Passenger from Austin, Texas, consisting of members Steve Meador on drums, Roscoe Beck on bass, Mitch Watkins on guitar, Bill Ginn on keyboards and Paul Ostermayer on saxophone and flute. Other tour members included violinist Raffi Hakopian, oudist John Bilezikjian, and backup singers Laura Branigan, Jennifer Warnes and Sharon Robinson. Beck would become a stalwart of Cohen's studio and live bands for more than a decade afterwards. The album cover portrait was taken by Montreal photographer, Hazel Field.