Throughout his long career, Art Blakey built a tremendous reputation for aggressive bands that featured the most gifted young musicians. Few of his later bands, however, could stand comparison with this 1960 edition of the hard-bop juggernaut. Its members combined strong writing skills with distinctive solo voices, including the creative seeking of tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter; the edgy, sometimes blistering, trumpet of Lee Morgan; and the soul-drenched piano of Bobby Timmons. Blakey's drumming contributes an explosive drive to this CD's version of Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia," a coiling snake of bop exoticism, while "So Tired" is a Timmons essay in deep funk, like his better-known "Moanin'" and "Dat Dere" an elemental tune with subtle underpinnings. --Stuart Broomer
Night in Tunisia,Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers,RCA,Hard Bop,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
Jazz Music:
- Ode to a Vibes Generation
- Ol' Blue Eyes
- On the Bandstand With Man Behind
- Once In A Blue Moon
- Paradise
- Passport Live [Live] [Import]
- Pastel
- Pdb [Import]
- Planet Swing
- Plays Charles Mingus
Jazz Music
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas op. 24 & op. 96
Beautiful Day/Nobody But You [Original recording remastered] [Import]
Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives
Barely Legal [Enhanced] [Import]
Beethoven: The 5 Piano Concertos [Box set]