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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1961
RecordedJune 13 and 14, 1961
StudioVan Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
GenreHard bop
Length38:00
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
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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.

Reception

In 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." 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."

Track listing

  1. "À la Mode" (Curtis Fuller) — 6:40
  2. "Invitation" (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) — 7:25
  3. "Circus" (Lou Alter, Bob Russell) — 5:12
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 6:55
  5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) — 6:30
  6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) — 5:00

Personnel

References

  1. ^ McDonald, Steven. Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ DownBeat: January 4, 1962, vol. 29, no. 1
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
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