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Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs Élysées

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Released
  
1960

Label
  
RCA (France) 430.054

Release date
  
1960

Length
  
33:55

Producer
  
Marcel Romano

Genre
  
Hard bop

Recorded
  
November 15, 1959 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1959)
  
Paris Jam Session (1959)

Artists
  
Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Hard bop albums

Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a live album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on November 15, 1959 and originally released on the French RCA Records label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic gave the album 3 stars with Ken Dryden's review stating: "Most of the four pieces featured give the band a chance to stretch out and are the typical high-energy performances one has come to expect from bands led by the veteran drummer... The rather muddy sound of this live recording is somewhat disappointing ...therefore, it is worth the investment for obsessive Art Blakey collectors, while most jazz fans will gravitate to better-sounding releases first".

Track listing

  1. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 9:43
  2. "Goldie" (Lee Morgan) - 9:03
  3. "Ray's Idea" (Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:03
  4. "Lester Left Town" (Wayne Shorter) - 10:06

Personnel

  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Davis Jr. – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • References

    Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Wikipedia