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Mirage (Art Blakey album)

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Savoy Jazz

Length
  
36:46

Producer
  
Jac Holzman

Genre
  
Hard bop

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Recorded
  
March 8 & 9, 1957 Carl Fischer Concert Hall, New York City

Mirage (1957)
  
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)

Mirage (1957)
  
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)

Artists
  
Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Hard bop albums

Art blakey mirage


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

Contents

Art blakey mirage


Reception

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".

Track listing

  1. "Casino" (Gigi Gryce)  – 5:03
  2. "The Biddie Griddies" (Ray Draper)  – 5:59
  3. "Potpourri" (Mal Waldron)  – 4:23
  4. "Ugh!" (Draper)  – 5:36
  5. "Mirage" (Waldron)  – 4:42
  6. "Reflections on Buhaina" (Draper)  – 6:50
  7. "Reflections on Buhaina" (Draper)  – 4:13 Bonus track on CD re-issue.

Personnel

  • Art Blakey  – drums
  • Jackie McLean  – alto saxophone
  • Bill Hardman  – trumpet
  • Sam Dockery  – piano
  • Spanky DeBrest  – bass

    • Songs

    1Casino5:04
    2The Biddie Griddies6:00
    3Potpourri4:23

    References

    Mirage (Art Blakey album) Wikipedia
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