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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1961
RecordedJune 13 and 14, 1961
StudioVan Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
GenreHard bop
Length38:00
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)
Down Beat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Tom HullB+[4]

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (stylized as Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! and titled Alamode in Japan) is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released on September 1, 1961, through Impulse! Records. Expanding to a sextet for the first time, it was the group's final recording with Bobby Timmons, who would be replaced by Cedar Walton.

Reception[edit]

In his DownBeat review of January 4, 1962, critic Ira Gitler commented: "This is a change of pace from most recent Messenger releases. There is only one original; the rest are standards that have not been overdone."[2] AllMusic reviewer Steven McDonald described it as: "An absolutely wonderful 1961 set from Blakey and company, who demonstrate here how to be note-perfect without leeching away the emotion of a performance."[1]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "À la Mode" (Curtis Fuller) — 6:40
  2. "Invitation" (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) — 7:25
  3. "Circus" (Lou Alter, Bob Russell) — 5:12
  4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 6:55
  5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) — 6:30
  6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) — 5:00

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b McDonald, Steven. Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b DownBeat: January 4, 1962, vol. 29, no. 1
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

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