The Jazz Messengers – At The Cafe Bohemia Volume 2 (2LP, 45RPM, Mono, Number 0664)
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Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Art Blakey
Piano – Horace Silver
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
Trumpet – Kenny Dorham
Written by Hank Mobley (A1, C1), Jimmy Van Hausen, Johnny Burke (B1), Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach (B2), Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller (D1)
2LPs, gatefold jacket
Limited to 2,500 numbered copies (Number 0664)
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Live
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Music Matters
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded live on November 23, 1955 at Café Bohemia (15 Barrow Street in Greenwich Village, New York City)
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Alfred Lion
Remastered by Kevin Gray & Ron Rambach at Cohearent Audio
Cover Design by John Hermansader
Liner Notes by Leonard Feather
Photography by Francis Wolff
Originally released in 1955
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Sportin' Crowd
Side B:
1. Like Someone In Love
2. Yesterdays
Side C:
1. Avila And Tequila
Side D:
1. I Waited For You
Reviews:
"Volume two of the 1955 Cafe Bohemia sessions from Art Blakey's second edition Jazz Messengers is better than the first. The music is more energetic, cohesive, and pushes the hard bop farther. Where the first volume featured compositions of newly recruited trumpeter Kenny Dorham, it is tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley asserting himself on the bandstand with his set pieces that formed the foundation of the first studio edition of the quintet that included Donald Byrd. Here, Mobley does not defer to Dorham, pushing his sound forward without compromising his vision. "Sportin' Crowd" is definitely an ear opener, a straight-ahead, hard bop gem based on the changes of the Sonny Rollins' classic "Tenor Madness." A live version of "Hank's Symphony" -- recapitulated from the studio version on the original Jazz Messengers' LP for the Columbia label -- has an Asian and calypso flair with many accented notes and a secondary melody. The killer track is Mobley's "Avila & Tequila," drenched in Blakey's churning Afro-Cuban beats, filled with multiple modal devices especially from Horace Silver, and charges ahead as if there was no tomorrow -- a truly memorable and vital performance. The other tracks may seem to pale by comparison, but the easy, bluesy "Like Someone in Love," a short ballad version of "Yesterdays" finally featuring trumpeter Dorham, and Mobley's luscious tenor during the ultimate tearjerker "I Waited for You" offer stark contrast while losing no internal intensity. It is on "Just One of Those Things" where the band really straightens up and convenes in tandem, a solid cohesion where Dorham and Mobley work like an effortless, major league shortstop and second base double-play combination. "Gone with the Wind" finishes this set in soulful, legato, dispassionate refrains. This is a more consistent effort than the first volume, with a much anticipated, late-night set still on the horizon." Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.83 / 5 ; The Penguin Guide to Jazz : 3.5 / 4