The Big Beat (Art Blakey album)

The Big Beat
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released 1960
Recorded March 6, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 47:49
Label Blue Note
BST 84029
Producer Alfred Lion
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Paris Jam Session
(1959)
The Big Beat
(1960)
Like Someone in Love
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

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.

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

References

  1. The Big Beat (Art Blakey album) at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 27, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.