Africaine | ||||
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Studio album by
Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | November 10, 1959 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:25 | |||
Label |
Blue Note LT 1088 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
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Africaine is a collection of 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The collection was not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. The album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt. [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic called it, "a recording that shows a band fully able to fuse many exotically attractive elements into a unified whole of creative jazz music ecstasy". [2]
Africaine | ||||
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Studio album by
Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | November 10, 1959 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:25 | |||
Label |
Blue Note LT 1088 | |||
Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
|
Africaine is a collection of 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The collection was not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. The album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt. [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic called it, "a recording that shows a band fully able to fuse many exotically attractive elements into a unified whole of creative jazz music ecstasy". [2]