Blakey (album)

Blakey
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released 1954
Recorded May 20 and September 3 & 8, 1954 1954
Fine Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 73:28
Label EmArcy
MG 26030
Producer Bob Shad
Art Blakey chronology
A Night at Birdland Vol. 3
(1954)
Blakey
(1954)
Ritual
(1957)

Blakey is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in 1954 and originally released on the EmArcy label as a 10 inch LP.[1][2] The album was rereleased on CD in 1999 with bonus tracks originally released on the album Introducing Joe Gordon.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a mandatory acquisition for Blakey fans and those who enjoy bop".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated

  1. "Minority" - 3:09
  2. "Salute to Birdland" - 3:01
  3. "Eleanor" - 2:55
  4. "Futurity" - 2:57
  5. "Simplicity" - 2:52
  6. "Strictly Romantic" - 2:47
  7. "Hello" - 2:41
  8. "Mayreh" (Horace Silver) - 3:18
  9. "Rifftide" (Coleman Hawkins) - 6:27 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Lady Bob" (Quincy Jones) - 6:54 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Grasshopper" (Jones) - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "The Theme" (Kenny Dorham) - 7:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  13. "Bous Bier" (Jones) - 6:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
  14. "Xochimilco" (Joe Gordon) - 6:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  15. "Evening Lights" (Gordon) - 4:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
  16. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 4:25 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. Art Blakey discography accessed June 26, 2013
  2. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 26, 2013
  3. 1 2 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review, accessed June 26, 2013
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