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
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]
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
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]