Mirage (Art Blakey album)

Mirage
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released 1957
Recorded March 8 & 9, 1957
Carl Fischer Concert Hall, New York City
Genre Hard bop
Length 36:46
Label Savoy Records
Producer Jac Holzman
Art Blakey chronology
Orgy in Rhythm
(1957)Orgy in Rhythm1957		 Mirage
(1957)		 Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...
(1957)Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...1957
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Ritual
(1957) Ritual1957		 Mirage
(1957) Mirage1957		 Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...
(1957) Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...1957
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Mirage (also released as Midnight Session and Reflections on Buhaina) is a 1957 release by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Savoy records.[3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "Already at this early stage, the band was the epitome of hard bop and just beginning to become an influential force".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Casino" (Gigi Gryce)  – 5:00
  2. "The Biddie Griddies" (Ray Draper)  – 5:56
  3. "Potpourri" (Mal Waldron)  – 4:21
  4. "Ugh!" (Draper)  – 5:33
  5. "Mirage" (Waldron)  – 4:39
  6. "Reflections on Buhaina" (Draper)  – 6:47
  7. "Reflections on Buhaina (alternate take)" (Draper)  – 4:42 Bonus track on CD re-issue.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Mirage at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Art Blakey discography accessed June 28, 2013
  4. ↑ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 28, 2013
  5. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 28, 2013
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