In August 1962, “United Artists Jazz” label released “Three Blind Mice”, album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, at “Village Gate” in New York City and “Club Renaissance” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alan Douglas.

Personnel:

• Art Blakey – drums
• Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
• Curtis Fuller – trombone
• Cedar Walton – piano
• Jymie Merritt – bass
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

Three Blind Mice

1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
6. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams

Three Blind Mice, Vol. 1

1. Three Blind Mice – Curtis Fuller
2. Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
3. That Old Feeling – Lew Brown, Sammy Fain
4. Plexis – Cedar Walton
5. Up Jumped Spring – Freddie Hubbard
6. Up Jumped Spring (alternate take) – Freddie Hubbard
7. When Lights Are Low – Benny Carter, Spencer Williams
8. Children of the Night – Wayne Shorter

Three Blind Mice, Vol. 2

1. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, Billy Rose
2. Mosaic – Cedar Walton
3. Ping Pong – Wayne Shorter
4. The Promised Land – Cedar Walton
5. Arabia – Curtis Fuller