A Jazz Message

A Jazz Message
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1963 (1963-10)
RecordedJuly 16, 1963
StudiosVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length35:11
LabelsImpulse!
A-45
ProducerBob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
Ugetsu
(1963)
A Jazz Message
(1963)
Free For All
(1964)
Professional ratings
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star

A Jazz Message is a studio album by the jazz musician Art Blakey and his quartet. It was released in October 1963 through Impulse! Records. It is Blakey's second and last album for the label.

Track listing

  1. "Cafe" (Blakey, Stitt) – 5:37
  2. "Just Knock On My Door" (Blakey, Stitt) – 7:00
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:42
  4. "Blues Back" (Tyner) – 5:23
  5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 7:23
  6. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:06

Personnel

Production notes:

References

  1. 1 2 Ostrow, Marty; Howard, Ira; Lichtman, Irv, eds. (October 12, 1963). "Impulse Bows 4 Packages" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 6.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.