Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Jazz Messengers!!!!! | ||||
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Released | September 1, 1961 | |||
Recorded | June 13, 1961 (#3, 5) June 14, 1961 (#1-2, 4, 6) | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:00 | |||
Label | Impulse! A-7 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Down Beat | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull | B+[4] |
Jazz Messengers!!!!! is a 1961 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Impulse! Records. Expanding to a sextet for the first time, it was the group's final recording with Bobby Timmons, who would be replaced by Cedar Walton.
Reception[]
In his DownBeat review of January 4, 1962, critic Ira Gitler commented: "This is a change of pace from most recent Messenger releases. There is only one original; the rest are standards that have not been overdone."[2] AllMusic reviewer Steven McDonald described it as: "An absolutely wonderful 1961 set from Blakey and company, who demonstrate here how to be note-perfect without leeching away the emotion of a performance."[1]
Track listing[]
- "À la Mode" (Curtis Fuller) — 6:40
- "Invitation" (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) — 7:25
- "Circus" (Lou Alter, Bob Russell) — 5:12
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 6:55
- "I Hear a Rhapsody" (, , ) — 6:30
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) — 5:00
Personnel[]
- Art Blakey — drums
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Jymie Merritt — bass
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b McDonald, Steven. Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b DownBeat: January 4, 1962, vol. 29, no. 1
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
Categories:
- 1961 albums
- Art Blakey albums
- The Jazz Messengers albums
- Impulse! Records albums
- Albums produced by Bob Thiele
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
- 1960s jazz album stubs