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This 2000 reissue has a somewhat bizarre history. Though originally recorded and released by Elektra -- which sounds like a brazen typo but it's true -- in mono and stereo, label owner Jac Holzman quickly gave up on it, whereupon Savoy bought the master and put it out themselves in 1960 in mono only. One track, the all percussion, semi-Afro-Cuban tour de force "Study in Rhythm," appeared only on the Elektra stereo issue, and "Reflections of Buhaina" only surfaced on the mono Elektra and Savoy LPs; both thankfully appear here. Also, since this was the only Blakey item in the Savoy archives and the archivists needed some filler, they tacked on 27 minutes of music (why not more?) from the Bill Hardman Quartet, the trumpeter's sole album as a leader from this period, and Blakey doesn't even play on it. For all of that, the Blakey tracks form a superb set of hard bop straight from the period to you, with Jackie MacLean in vintage form on alto sax, consistently great, swinging trumpet by the underrated Bill Hardman, and conventional support from Sam Dockery on piano and Spanky DeBrest on bass. Listen to how the shuffling Blakey and Hardman feed off each other when Hardman solos on "Casino," "The Biddie Griddies," and the title track; they had some powerful telepathy going in those days. As for the Hardman-led selections, with Sonny Red (alto), Ronnie Mathews (piano), Doug Watkins and Bob Cunningham (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums), there is more reliable hard bop to be heard, though Hardman doesn't sound quite as inspired as he does on the Blakey tracks.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Basheer Qusim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Ray Draper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Mal Waldron, ComposerLyricist - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Ray Draper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey, ComposerLyricist - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Ray Draper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey, ComposerLyricist - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Earl Brent, Author - Matt Dennis, Composer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bill Hardman, ComposerLyricist - Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Tom McIntosh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ozzie Cadena, Producer, Recording Producer - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, MainArtist - Tom McIntosh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
This 2000 reissue has a somewhat bizarre history. Though originally recorded and released by Elektra -- which sounds like a brazen typo but it's true -- in mono and stereo, label owner Jac Holzman quickly gave up on it, whereupon Savoy bought the master and put it out themselves in 1960 in mono only. One track, the all percussion, semi-Afro-Cuban tour de force "Study in Rhythm," appeared only on the Elektra stereo issue, and "Reflections of Buhaina" only surfaced on the mono Elektra and Savoy LPs; both thankfully appear here. Also, since this was the only Blakey item in the Savoy archives and the archivists needed some filler, they tacked on 27 minutes of music (why not more?) from the Bill Hardman Quartet, the trumpeter's sole album as a leader from this period, and Blakey doesn't even play on it. For all of that, the Blakey tracks form a superb set of hard bop straight from the period to you, with Jackie MacLean in vintage form on alto sax, consistently great, swinging trumpet by the underrated Bill Hardman, and conventional support from Sam Dockery on piano and Spanky DeBrest on bass. Listen to how the shuffling Blakey and Hardman feed off each other when Hardman solos on "Casino," "The Biddie Griddies," and the title track; they had some powerful telepathy going in those days. As for the Hardman-led selections, with Sonny Red (alto), Ronnie Mathews (piano), Doug Watkins and Bob Cunningham (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums), there is more reliable hard bop to be heard, though Hardman doesn't sound quite as inspired as he does on the Blakey tracks.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:36
- Main artists: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Savoy
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2000 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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