''Blue Night'' is an album by drummer
Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the ...
and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1985 in the Netherlands and released on the Dutch
Timeless
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label.
Art Blakey chronology
accessed June 21, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow of Allmusic
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stated "This excellent Timeless CD has a version of "Body and Soul" along with seven stimulating (if not overly memorable) recent originals by bandmembers. Fine modern hard bop".[Yanow, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed June 20, 2013
Track listing
# "Two of a Kind" (Terence Blanchard) - 9:52
# "Blue Minor" (Jean Toussaint) - 11:27
# "Blue Night" (Lonnie Plaxico) - 7:25
# " Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton
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, Johnny Green
John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earl ...
, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 7:26
# "Mr. Combinated" (Donald Harrison) - 6:39
# "Two of a Kind" lternate take(Blanchard) - 9:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Blue Minor" lternate take(Toussaint) - 8:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Mr. Combinated" lternate take(Harrison) - 6:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
*Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the ...
- drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
* Terence Blanchard - trumpet
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*Donald Harrison
Donald Harrison Jr. (born June 23, 1960) is an African-American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Berklee Col ...
- alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B t ...
*Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint (born July 27, 1960) is an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
Life and career
Toussaint was born in Aruba, Dutch Antilles, and was raised in Saint Thomas and New York City. He learned to play calypso as a child and att ...
- tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
* Mulgrew Miller - piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
*Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist.
Biography
Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing bot ...
- bass
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Fish
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References
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Art Blakey albums
1985 albums
Timeless Records albums