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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Child’s Dance

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In March 1973, “Prestige” label released “Child’s Dance”, the 27th Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded May – July 1972, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Buddy Terry – soprano saxophone
  • Ramon Morris – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Woody Shaw – trumpet
  • Manny Boyd – flute
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • John Hicks – electric piano
  • Mickey Bass – bass
  • Stanley Clarke – bass
  • Ray Mantilla – congas
  • Emanuel Rahim – congas
  • Nathaniel Bettis, Richie “Pablo” Landrum, Sonny Morgan – percussion 

Track listing:

All tracks by Stanley Clarke except where noted.

  1. C.C.
  2. Child’s Dance (Christian’s Song) – Ramon Morris
  3. Song for a Lonely Woman
  4. I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin

Cannonball Adderley: Things Are Getting Better

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In February 1959, “Riverside” label released “Things Are Getting Better”, the 11th Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Milt Jackson – vibes
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Harris Levine – design
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Ken Braren – design
  • Charles Stewart – cover photography
  • Lawrence N. Shustak – liner photography
  • Orin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

 All tracks by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, except where noted.

  1. Blues Oriental – Milt Jackson
  2. Things Are Getting Better
  3. Serves Me Right (Take 5) – Buddy Johnson
  4. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  5. The Sidewalks of New York (Take 5) – James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor
  6. Sounds for Sid
  7. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

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In January 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Mosaic”, the 18th Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs. New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
  2. Down Under – Freddie Hubbard
  3. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter
  4. Arabia – Curtis Fuller
  5. Crisis – Freddie Hubbard

Miles Davis: Dig

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In January 1956, “Prestige” label released “Dig”, the 17th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in October 1951, at “Apex” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop, Jr. – piano
  • Tommy Potter – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dig – Jackie McLean
  2. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
  3. Denial – Miles Davis
  4. Bluing – Miles Davis
  5. Out of the Blue – Miles Davis

Art Blakey And The Afro-Drum Ensemble: The African Beat

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In November 1962, “Blue Note” label released “The African Beat”, album by Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble (the fifth Art Blakey album overall). It was recorded in January 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs”, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums, timpani, telegraph drum, gong
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik — bass
  • Yusef Lateef — cow horn, flute, tenor saxophone, mbira, oboe
  • Curtis Fuller — timpani
  • Chief Bey — double gong, conga, telegraph drum
  • Robert Crowder — Batá drum, conga
  • James Ola. Folami — conga
  • Solomon G. Ilori — vocals, talking drum, pennywhistle
  • Montego Joe — corboro drum, log drum, bambara drum, double gong
  • Garvin Masseaux — shekere, African maracas, conga
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Prayer – Solomon G. Ilori
  2. Ife L’ayo (There Is Happiness in Love) – Solomon G. Ilori
  3. Obirin African (Woman of Africa) – Garvin Masseaux
  4. Love, The Mystery of – Guy Warren
  5. Ero Ti Nr’Ojeje – Solomon G. Ilori
  6. Ayiko, Ayiko (Welcome, Welcome, My Darling) – Solomon G. Ilori
  7. Tobi Ilu – James H. Bey

Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Music

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In November 1957, “Riverside” label released “Monk’s Music”, an album by Thelonious Monk Septet. It was recorded in June 1957, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews. In 2001, the album was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, arrangements
  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Copeland – trumpet
  • Wilbur Ware – double bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Jack Higgins – recording
  • Paul Bacon – design
  • Paul Weller – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thelonious Monk, except where noted.

  1. Abide with Me – Henry Francis Lyte, William Henry Monk
  2. Well, You Needn’t
  3. Ruby, My Dear
  4. Off Minor
  5. Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke
  6. Crepuscule With Nellie

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers: Indestructible

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In October 1966, “Blu Note” label released “Indestructible”, the 24th Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded April – May 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller — trombone
  • Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton — piano
  • Reggie Workman — bass
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  • The Egyptian – Curtis Fuller
  • Sortie – Curtis Fuller
  • Calling Miss Khadija – Lee Morgan
  • When Love is New – Cedar Walton
  • Mr. Jin – Wayne Shorter

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers: Kyoto

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In October 1966, “Riverside” label released “Kyoto”, the 23rd Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers album. It was recorded in February 1964, in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Cedar Walton – piano
  • Reggie Workman – bass
  • Wellington Blakey – vocals
  • Sam Alexander – design
  • Lee Tanner – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The High Priest – Curtis Fuller
  2. Never Never Land – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne
  3. Wellington’s Blues – Art Blakey
  4. Nihon Bash – Sadao Watanabe
  5. Kyoto – Freddie Hubbard

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2”, the twelve Sonny Rollins album. It was recording in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Harold Feinstein – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Why Don’t I? – Sonny Rollins
  2. Wail March – Sonny Rollins
  3. Misterioso – Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best
  4. Reflections – Thelonious Monk
  5. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  6. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden

Horace Silver: Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

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In October 1956, “Blue Note” label released “Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers”, a repackage of 1955 10” LPs by Horace Silver. It was recorded December 1954 – February 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Horace Silver, except where noted.

Originally released on 10″ LP “Horace Silver Quintet, Volume 3” 

  1. Room 608
  2. Creepin’ In
  3. Stop Time

Originally released on 10″ LP “Horace Silver Quintet Vol. 4”

  1. To Whom It May Concern
  2. Hippy
  3. The Preacher
  4. Hankerin’ – Hank Mobley
  5. Doodlin’