At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1
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At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 | |||||
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Live album by Art Blakey | |||||
Released | 1955 | ||||
Recorded | November 23, 1955 | ||||
Genre | Hard bop | ||||
Length | 61:44 | ||||
Label | Blue Note Records (1955) | ||||
Producer | Michael Cuscuna Alfred Lion |
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Professional reviews | |||||
Art Blakey chronology | |||||
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At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 is a 1955 live album release by jazz drummer Art Blakey for Blue Note Records. It featured the first incarnation of the Jazz Messengers, Blakey's career-spanning band, and is the first of two volumes recorded on November 23, 1955 at Cafe Bohemia, a famous night club in Greenwich Village in New York.
With the July 31, 2001 CD re-issue, three additional tracks from this night were added: "Lady Bird,"Deciphering the Message," and "What's New?"
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
Track | Song Title | Originally By | Time |
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1. | Announcement by Art Blakey | Art Blakey | 1:32 |
2. | "Soft Winds" | Fletcher Henderson | 12:34 |
3. | "The Theme" | Kenny Dorham | 6:11 |
4. | "Minor's Holiday" | Kenny Dorham | 9:11 |
5. | "Alone Together" | Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz | 4:15 |
6. | "Prince Albert" | Kenny Dorham | 8:51 |
7. | "Lady Bird" | Tadd Dameron | 7:30 |
8. | "What's New?" | Johnny Burke and Bob Haggart | 4:31 |
9. | "Deciphering the Message" | Hank Mobley | 10:13 |
[edit] Personnel
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers:
- Art Blakey - drums
- Horace Silver - piano
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- Hank Mobley - saxophone (tenor)
- Doug Watkins - bass
Production:
- Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather - liner notes
- Michael Cuscuna - reissue producer
- John Hermansader - cover design
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Rudy Van Gelder - digital remastering
- Francis Wolff - photography
[edit] Reception
This album, which sees the first version of The Jazz Messengers on record, was noted as not "match[ing] the intensity which the quintet secured at Birdland."[1] Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, in particular, is noted as "a somewhat unfocused stylist."[1] However, trumpeter Kenny Dorham is seen as an "elusive brillance [that] was seldom so extensively captured" and the playing in general "is just as absorbing" as the Birdland albums and is "still timeless music."[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Cook, Richard; & Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th Edition). Penguin Books, 153. ISBN 0-14-101416-4.
- ^ Scott Yanow. At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.