Producer Lee Kraft Artist Art Blakey Label Jazz Classics | Art Blakey Big Band
(1957) Moanin'
(1958) Release date 1958 Genre Jazz | |
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Released Last week of January 1959 Recorded December, 1957
New York City Similar Art Blakey albums, Jazz albums | ||
Art blakey big band blues march 1988
Art Blakey Big Band (also called Art Blakey's Big Band and Art Blakey and his Drivin' Big Band) is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label. It differs from typical Art Blakey releases as his regular quintet was expanded to form a big band for these arrangements.
Contents
- Art blakey big band blues march 1988
- Art blakey big band a night in tunisia 1988
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
In the mid-'90s, and again in the 2000s, this album was repackaged and released under John Coltrane's name, combining it with several songs from Winner's Circle, another album featuring Coltrane and recorded for the Bethlehem label in 1957. This edition is of note as it features several alternate takes which were relesed here for the first time.
Art blakey big band a night in tunisia 1988
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Throughout his long career as a bandleader, drummer Art Blakey very rarely played with big bands. This Bethlehem date was a one-shot affair, an opportunity for his powerful drumming to be heard propelling a 15-piece orchestra through a set of mostly new material".
Track listing
- "Midriff" (Gerald Valentine) - 3:17
- "Ain't Life Grand" (Al Cohn) - 3:21
- "Tippin'" (Donald Byrd) - 6:23
- "Pristine" (John Coltrane) - 5:35
- "El Toro Valiente" (Charles Gambel, Chiefy Salaam) - 2:43
- "The Kiss of No Return" (Gambel, Salaam) - 5:37
- "Late Date" (Melba Liston) - 3:33
- "The Outer World" (Cohn) - 4:06
Personnel
Songs
1Midriff3:21
2Ain't Life Grand? (feat John Coltrane)John Coltrane3:21
3Tippin' (feat John Coltrane)John Coltrane7:04