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The Big Beat (Art Blakey album)

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Released
  
1960

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
47:49

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 6, 1960 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

The Big Beat (1960)
  
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Artists
  
Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Jazz albums

The Big Beat is an album by Art Blakey and his group The Jazz Messengers recorded on March 6, 1960 and released on the Blue Note label. It features performances by Blakey with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Chess Players" (Shorter) - 9:31
  2. "Sakeena's Vision" (Shorter) - 6:04
  3. "Politely" (Hardman) - 6:04
  4. "Dat Dere" (Timmons) - 8:47
  5. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) - 6:26
  6. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) - 6:38
  7. "It's Only a Paper Moon" [Alternate Take] - 6:19 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Timmons — piano
  • Jymie Merritt — bass

    • Songs

    1The Chess Players9:38
    2Sakeena's Vision6:07
    3Politely6:04

    References

    The Big Beat (Art Blakey album) Wikipedia
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