A Jazz Message
by Art Blakey
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1964
- Label: Impulse!
- Country: United States
- Length: 34:52
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Art Blakey Quartet, Bob Thiele, McCoy Tyner, Art Davis, Sonny Stitt
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Drummer Art Blakey departs from the usual scale of his Jazz Messengers for a tighter, more intimate quartet setting. The performance maintains his signature hard bop fire, offering intense, passionate instrumental improvisations with a high degree of melodic focus.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental
Tracklist
- Cafe (5:33)
- Just Knock On My Door (6:55)
- Summertime (4:38)
- Blues Back (5:19)
- Sunday (7:20)
- The Song Is You (5:06)
Credits
- Art Blakey Quartet - primary artist
- Art Davis - bass
- Art Blakey - drums, written-by
- McCoy Tyner - piano, written-by
- Sonny Stitt - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, written-by
- DuBose Heyward - written-by
- George Gershwin - written-by
- Bennie Krueger - written-by
- Chester Conn - Written-By
- Jule Styne - Written-By
- Ned Miller - Written-By
- Hammerstein-Kern - Written-By