The Freedom Rider
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| The Freedom Rider | ||
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| Album by Art Blakey | ||
| Released | 27 May 1961 | |
| Recorded | 12 February 1961 - 27 May 1961 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 53:38 | |
| Label | Blue Note | |
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Yusef Lateef chronology | ||
| Paris Jazz Concert (1961) |
Eastern Sounds (1961) |
Art Blakey (1961) |
The Freedom Rider is an album by jazz drummer Art Blakey and his group the Jazz Messengers. Continuing Blakey's distinct brand of hard bop, this album features contributions from Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Blakey himself, and Kenny Dorham, a former Jazz Messenger. This was the final album by this particular edition of the Jazz Messengers, who had been together for 18 months, as Lee Morgan left after this album to be replaced by a young Freddie Hubbard. The compositions themselves are varied, with Blakey contributing an energetic drum solo on "The Freedom Rider"; at least three of the compositions on the album are blues pieces. "El Toro" features a solo by Shorter incorporating the sheets of sound technique pioneered by John Coltrane.
[edit] Track listing
- "Tell It Like It Is" (Shorter) –7:53
- "The Freedom Rider" (Blakey) –7:25
- "El Toro" (Shorter) –6:20
- "Petty Larceny" (Morgan) –6:14
- "Blue Lace" (Morgan) –5:59
- "Uptight" (Morgan) –6:12
- "Pisces" (Morgan) –6:52
- "Blue Ching" (Dorham) –6:43
[edit] Personnel
- Art Blakey - drums
- Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan - trumpet
- Bobby Timmons - piano
- Jymie Merritt - double bass
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