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Released
  
1966

Length
  
40:52

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Mercury Records

Recorded
  
January 1 & 9, 1966

Artist
  
The Jazz Messengers

Producer
  
Jack Tracy

Genre
  
Jazz

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Venue
  
The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California

Buttercorn Lady (1966)
  
Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)

Buttercorn Lady (1966)
  
Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Jazz albums

Art blakey and the jazz messengers buttercorn lady


Buttercorn Lady is a live album by drummer Art Blakey's New Jazz Messengers recorded at The Lighthouse in 1966 and originally released on the Limelight label. It is notable for being the first commercial recording featuring Keith Jarrett, who had joined Blakey's band a few months earlier.

Contents

Art blakey and the jazz messengers buttercorn lady


Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "this particular version of The Jazz Messengers only had the opportunity to record this one excellent live LP (which is currently out of print) but proved to be a worthy successor to their more acclaimed predecessors".

Track listing

All compositions by Chuck Mangione except where noted.

  1. "Buttercorn Lady" - 3:10
  2. "Recuerdo" - 14:20
  3. "The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 2:20
  4. "Between Races" - 4:32
  5. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:07
  6. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 9:00

Personnel

  • Art Blakey - drums
  • Chuck Mangione - trumpet
  • Frank Mitchell - tenor saxophone
  • Keith Jarrett - piano
  • Reggie Johnson - bass
  • Songs

    1Buttercorn Lady3:26
    2Recuerdo14:27
    3The Theme2:24

    References

    Buttercorn Lady Wikipedia