Art Blakey Big Band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Album info
Album-Release:
1958
HRA-Release:
28.02.2014
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 1 Midriff 03:17
- 2 Ain't Life Grand 03:21
- 3 Tippin' 06:23
- 4 Pristine 05:35
- 5 El Toro Valiente 02:43
- 6 The Kiss Of No Return 05:37
- 7 Late Date 03:33
- 8 The Outer World 04:06
Info for Art Blakey Big Band
Quite an unusual record from Art Blakey – a rare big band session, recorded with a lineup that's quite different than the usual Jazz Messengers! Turns out, Blakey's quite good in this setting – and has the same firey energy to direct a larger ensemble that he has when working with a smaller quintet. The added players here really help him express some new musical ideas with greater depth – almost like the added percussionists on some of his drum-heavy Blue Note dates of the late 50s.
Members of the group include John Coltrane and Al Cohn on tenor, Sahib Shihab on alto, Donald Byrd and Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, Melba Liston on trombone, and Walter Bishop on piano – and titles include 'Last Date', 'The Outer World', 'Midriff', 'Tippin', and 'Pristine'.
Art Blakey, drums
Donald Byrd, trumpet
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, piano
Wendell Marshall, bass
Recorded in New York City, December, 1957
Digitally remastered
No biography found.
Booklet for Art Blakey Big Band