''Backgammon'' (also released as ''Blues March'') 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 1 ...

and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1976 and released on the

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Reception

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awarded the album 2½ stars.Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "Uranus" ( Walter Davis) – 6:55 # " Whisper Not" (

Benny Golson Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...

) – 6:30 # "Backgammon" (Davis) – 5:25 # "

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Georgia on My Mind "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and first recorded that same year by Carmichael at the RCA Studios New York#24th St, RCA Victor Studios at 155 East 24th Street in New York City. The song has ...

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Stuart Gorrell Stuart Graham Steven Gorrell (September 17, 1901 – August 10, 1963) was best known for writing the lyrics for the song "Georgia on My Mind". Born in Knox, Indiana, Gorrell attended Indiana University Bloomington; there he became friends with f ...

) – 5:13 # "Third World Express" (Kasa Allah) – 7:47 # "Namfulay" (Ladji Camara) – 4:02 # "

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) – 6:47

Personnel

– drums *

Bill Hardman William Franklin Hardman Jr. (April 6, 1933 – December 6, 1990) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop. He was married to Roseline and they had a daughter Nadege. Career Hardman was born and grew ...

– trumpet *Ladji Camara – flute, vocals (track 7) * David Schnitter –

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– piano *Chin Suzuki –

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References

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