A Jazz Message is a jazz album recorded by Art Blakey's Quartet in 1964.[5] The album was Blakey's second and last album for the Impulse! label.

A Jazz Message
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1964[1]
RecordedJuly 16, 1963
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:11
LabelImpulse!
A-45
ProducerBob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
Ugetsu
(1963)
A Jazz Message
(1964)
Free For All
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Cafe" (Blakey, Stitt) – 5:37
  2. "Just Knock On My Door" (Blakey, Stitt) – 7:00
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:42
  4. "Blues Back" (Tyner) – 5:23
  5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 7:23
  6. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:06

Personnel

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Production notes:

References

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  1. ^ Billboard Feb 22, 1964
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  5. ^ Billboard, 19 Oct 1963, p. 11.