Released 1961 Length 42:12 Paris Jam Session
(1959) The Big Beat
(1960) Release date 1961 Genre Hard bop | Recorded 18 December 1959 Producer Marcel Romano Artist Art Blakey Label Fontana Records | |
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Paris Jam Session is a live album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers with guest appearances by Bud Powell and Barney Wilen, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 18 December 1959. It was released by Fontana (France) originally, by EmArcy in 1961, and subsequently by Verve on CD as part of their Jazz in Paris series.
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Art blakey lee morgan 1959 paris jam session 01 dance of the infidels
Reception
Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars with Ken Dryden's review stating: "This is one of the essential live dates in Art Blakey's rather extensive discography". The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "the heated live-show informality is really stoked by Blakey's elemental (or maybe just mental) drumming and some spine-tingling improvising by the young Wayne Shorter, unintentional reed-squeaks and all".
Track listing
- "Dance of the Infidels" (Bud Powell) — 12:26
- "Bouncing with Bud" (Gil Fuller, Powell) — 11:38
- "The Midget" (Lee Morgan) — 11:06
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) — 7:02
Personnel
Songs
1Dance of the Infidels12:27
2Bouncing With Bud11:38
3The Midget11:06