Caravan (Art Blakey album)

Caravan
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released Feb 1963
Recorded 23-24 Oct 1962
Genre Jazz, hard bop
Length 51:37
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology

Three Blind Mice
(1962)		 Caravan
(1962)		 Ugetsu
(1963)

Caravan is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in February 1963.[1] It was Blakey's first album for Riverside Records after he signed with them in October 1962.[2]

The songs were recorded at the Plaza Sound Studio in New York City on October 23-24, 1962[3] The producer was Orrin Keepnews who also supervised the album's remastered re-release on CD.

In 2007, the BBC described it as "a slick, fluid, professional set of hard bop at its finest"[4].

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat
(Original Lp release)		 [5]
Allmusic [6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [7]

Track listing

  1. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol) - 9:46
  2. "Sweet 'n' Sour" (Shorter) - 5:30
  3. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Mann, Hilliard) - 4:05
  4. "This Is for Albert" (Shorter) - 8:20
  5. "Skylark" (Carmichael, Mercer) - 4:50
  6. "Thermo" (Hubbard) - 6:45
2. "Sweet 'n' Sour (Take 4)" (Shorter) - 5:27
7. "Thermo (Take 2)" (Hubbard) - 7:26

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard, Feb. 9, 1963, p. 28.
  2. ↑ Billboard, Nov. 3, 1962, p. 24.
  3. ↑ Art Blakey Discography on Jazzdisco.org
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Nick. (August 24, 2007) "Art Blakey Jazz Messengers Caravan Review" BBC. Accessed September 7, 2011.
  5. ↑ Down Beat: April 25, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 10
  6. ↑ Allmusic review
  7. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.