Au Club St. Germain, Vol. 1

by Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers

Type: Album
Released: 1959
Label: RCA
Country: United States
Community rating: 4.11/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Benny Golson, Daniel Filipacchi, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting a famously wild, massively successful night in Paris, this explosive recording features the classic Morgan/Golson lineup operating at an absolute creative peak. The relentlessly aggressive drumming and heavily communicative solos successfully ignited a profound French obsession with hard bop.

Genres

Descriptors: live, percussive, rhythmic, fast, classic

Tracklist

Credits

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - primary artist
Jymie Merritt - bass
Art Blakey - drums
Bobby Timmons - piano
Benny Golson - tenor saxophone, written-by
Lee Morgan - trumpet
Bill Hardman - written-by
Charlie Parker - written-by