Killer Joe (George Kawaguchi & Art Blakey album)

Killer Joe
Killer Joe
Studio album by George Kawaguchi and Art Blakey
Released	1982
Recorded	December 4, 1981; Columbia Studio B, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Union Jazz; ULP-5001
Producer	Teo Macero
Art Blakey chronology

Killer Joe is an album by drummer Art Blakey with Japanese drummer George Kawaguchi recorded in 1981 and originally released on the Japanese Union Jazz label but later released on Storyville in the US.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that "This unusual LP finds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers adding a second drummer, the fine Japanese player George Kawaguchi, to a set featuring three standards and two Kawaguchi pieces... Fine music, although a bit of an oddity".^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by George Kawaguchi except as indicated

"Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 10:00
"A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:15
"Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:47
"Tin Tin Teo" - 6:41
"Big Apple Jump" - 6:36

Personnel[]

George Kawaguchi, Art Blakey - drums
Wallace Roney - trumpet
Slide Hampton - trombone
Branford Marsalis - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Donald Brown - piano
Charles Fambrough - bass
Raiji Kawaguchi - percussion (track 2)

References[]

^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013
^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013

[2] Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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