Killer Joe is an album by drummer Art Blakey with Japanese drummer George Kawaguchi recorded in 1981 and originally released on the Japanese Union Jazz label but later released on Storyville in the US.[1][2]
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | December 4, 1981 Columbia Studio B, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Union Jazz ULP-5001 | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that "This unusual LP finds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers adding a second drummer, the fine Japanese player George Kawaguchi, to a set featuring three standards and two Kawaguchi pieces... Fine music, although a bit of an oddity".[3]
Track listing
editAll compositions by George Kawaguchi except as indicated
- "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 10:00
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:15
- "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:47
- "Tin Tin Teo" - 6:41
- "Big Apple Jump" - 6:36
Personnel
edit- George Kawaguchi, Art Blakey - drums
- Wallace Roney - trumpet
- Slide Hampton - trombone
- Branford Marsalis - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Donald Brown - piano
- Charles Fambrough - bass
- Raiji Kawaguchi - percussion (track 2)
References
edit- ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013
- ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.