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Hard Drive (Art Blakey album)

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Released
  
Early December 1957

Producer
  
Lee Kraft

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
38:51

Artist
  
The Jazz Messengers

Label
  
Bethlehem Records

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Recorded
  
October 9 & 11, 1957 New York City

Hard Drive (1957)
  
Art Blakey Big Band (1957)

Hard Drive (1957)
  
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958)

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Jazz albums

Jazz messengers hard drive


Hard Drive is an album by drummer Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music on this album is typical hard bop of the period, well played and full of enthusiasm and fire".

Track listing

  1. "For Minors Only" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:49
  2. "Right Down Front" (Johnny Griffin) - 4:31
  3. "Deo-X" (Bill Hardman) - 5:50
  4. "Sweet Sakeena" (Hardman) - 5:06
  5. "For Miles and Miles" (Heath) - 5:24
  6. "Krafty" (Griffin) - 6:35
  7. "Late Spring" (Leon Mitchell) - 5:36
  • Recorded in New York City on October 9 (track 3) and October 11 (tracks 1, 2 & 4-7), 1957

    • Personnel

  • Art Blakey - drums
  • Bill Hardman - trumpet
  • Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
  • Junior Mance (tracks 1, 2 & 4-7), Sam Dockery (track 3) - piano
  • Spanky DeBrest - bass

    • Songs

    1For Minors Only5:50
    2Right Down Front4:32
    3Deo-X5:51

    References

    Hard Drive (Art Blakey album) Wikipedia
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