A Night at Birdland Vol. 3

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A Night at Birdland Vol. 3
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1954 (1954-11)
RecordedFebruary 21, 1954
VenueBirdland, New York City
GenreJazz
Length21:45
LabelBlue Note
Art Blakey chronology
A Night at Birdland Vol. 2
(1954)
A Night at Birdland Vol. 3
(1954)
Blakey
(1954)
A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (12" version)
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1984 (1984-06-21)
RecordedFebruary 21, 1954
StudioBirdland, New York City
GenreJazz
Length29:37
LabelToshiba (Japan)

A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 may refer to two different jazz albums, both of which contain live material recorded by the Art Blakey Quintet at Birdland on February 21, 1954. The first is the third album in the original 10" series (BLP 5039) released in 1954 by Blue Note Records. The three original 10" albums were repackaged as two 12" LPs in 1956, with all of the tracks from the original 10" Vol. 3 being included on the 12" Vol. 2.[1]

The second album entitled A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 is a 12" album containing outtakes from the original session, released by the Toshiba Records in Japan, released in 1984.[2] Three of the four tracks on the Japanese 12" Vol. 3 had previously been released as part of a 2 LP Compilation entitled Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2) in 1975.[1]

All of the tracks from both Vol. 3's have subsequently been reissued on the CD versions of A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 and A Night at Birdland Vol. 2.[3][4]

Track listing[]

10" LP[]

Side 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Now's the Time" Charlie Parker9:02
2."If I Had You"Jimmy Campbell and Reg ConnellyTed Shapiro3:31
Side 2
No.TitleMusicLength
3."Confirmation"Charlie Parker9:12

12" LP[]

Side 1
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker6:53
2."Blues (Improvisation)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])Traditional8:37
Side 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
3."The Way You Look Tonight" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])Dorothy FieldsJerome Kern9:59
4."Lou's Blues" (previously unreleased) Lou Donaldson3:58

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Art Blakey Discography Project". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ MATSUBAYASHI, Kohji. "Blue Note Japan Releases: Toshiba Era Part 2 (1983-1988)". microgroove.jp. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 at Discogs
  4. ^ A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 at Discogs
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