| A Jazz Message | ||||
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| Studio album by Art Blakey | ||||
| Released | February 1964 | |||
| Recorded | July 16, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:11 | |||
| Label | Impulse! A-45 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
| Art Blakey chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
A Jazz Message is a jazz album recorded by Art Blakey's Quartet in 1964. The album was Blakey's second and last album for the Impulse! label.
Track listing
- "Cafe" (Blakey, Stitt) – 5:37
- "Just Knock On My Door" (Blakey, Stitt) – 7:00
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:42
- "Blues Back" (Tyner) – 5:23
- "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 7:23
- "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:06
Personnel
- Art Blakey – drums
- Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5), alto saxophone (2, 4, 6)
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Art Davis – bass
Production notes:
- Bob Thiele – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
References
- Billboard Feb 22, 1964
- Allmusic review
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- Billboard, 19 Oct 1963, p. 11.
| Sonny Stitt | |
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| And Gene Ammons |
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| With Dizzy Gillespie |
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| With Don Patterson |
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