Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (stylized as Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! and titled Alamode in Japan) is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released on September 1, 1961, through 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.
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| Released | September 1, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | June 13 and 14, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs) | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 38:00 | |||
| Label | Impulse! | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.) |  |
| Down Beat | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| Tom Hull | B+[4] |
Reception
editIn 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
edit- "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" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) — 6:30
- "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) — 5:00
Personnel
edit- Art Blakey — drums
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Jymie Merritt — bass
References
edit- ^ a b McDonald, Steven. Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ 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.
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