Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Art Blakey, drums [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Art Blakey]
The Jazz Messengers: [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring The Jazz Messengers]
Lee Morgan — trumpet [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Lee Morgan]
Curtis Fuller — trombone
Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Wayne Shorter]
Bobby Timmons — piano
Jymie Merritt — bass
Written by Curtis Fuller (A1), Bronislaw Kaper (B1), Paul Webster (B1), Bob Russell (B2), Louis Alter (B2), Don Raye (C1), Gene DePaul (C1), Dick Gasparre (D1), George Fragos (D1), Jack Baker (D1), Andy Razaf (D2), Don Redman (D2)
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Third Man Pressing in Detroit, MI
Label : Verve - Verve By Request
Original Label : Impulse!
Recorded June 13, 1961 (B2, D1) & June 14, 1961 (A1, B1, C1, D2) at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Engineered by Rudy van Gelder
Produced by Bob Thiele
Design by Robert Flynn
Liner Notes by Dick Katz
Photography by Ted Russell
Originally released in September 1961
Reissued in 2024
Tracks :
Side A :
- Alamode
- Invitation
- Circus
Side B :
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- I Hear A Rhapsody
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Reviews :
“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. Aside from Blakey's divine drum work, the standouts include Jaymie Merritt's trippy bass fingerwork and Wayne Shorter blowing his heart out on tenor sax.” AllMusic Review by Steven McDonald
Rating:
AllMusic 4 / 5 ; Discogs 4.84 / 5