I Get a Kick Out of Bu

I Get a Kick Out of Bu is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in Italy in 1988 and released on the Soul Note label.

I Get a Kick Out of Bu
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	1988
Recorded	November 11, 1988
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:28
Label	Soul Note SN 1155
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Art Blakey chronology
Feel the Wind (1988) I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988) The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated "Even after heading the Jazz Messengers for over three decades, drummer Art Blakey kept true to his original vision, using the band as a forum for talented young players to swing hard and grow rapidly".

Track listing

1. "Yang" (Philip Harper) - 7:47
2. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 7:47
3. "Mayreh" (Horace Silver) - 5:53
4. "Remember When" (Robin Eubanks) - 6:49
5. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:46
6. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 8:23
7. "Drum Solo No. 7" (Art Blakey) - 9:12
8. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 6:18

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Philip Harper - trumpet (tracks 1, 3-5 & 8)
• Robin Eubanks - trombone (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8)
• Javon Jackson - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-5 & 8)
• Benny Green - piano (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Leon Dorsey - bass (tracks 1-6 & 8)