Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland Volume One '2001

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Announcement By Pee Wee Marquette (0:58)
02. Split Kick (8:44)
03. Once In A While (5:18)
04. Quicksilver (6:59)
05. A Night In Tunisia (9:20)
06. Mayreh (6:19)
07. Wee-Dot (alternate take) (6:54)
08. Blues (8:37)

Recorded on February 21, 1954 at Birdland, New York City. Remastered By –
Rudy Van Gelder

personnel : 

Art Blakey – drums
Clifford Brown – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Curley Russell – bass

When Art Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers, his initial goal was to not only
make his mark on the hard bop scene, but to always bring younger players into
the fold, nurture them, and send them out as leaders in their own right. Pianist
Horace Silver, trumpeter Clifford Brown, and saxophonist Lou Donaldson were
somewhat established, but skyrocketed into stardom after this band switched
personnel. Perhaps the most acclaimed combo of Blakeys next to the latter-period
bands with Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter, the pre-Messengers quintet heard on
this first volume of live club dates at Birdland in New York City provides solid
evidence to the assertion that this ensemble was a one of a kind group the likes
of which was not heard until the mid-60s Miles Davis Quintet. Three of Silvers
greatest contributions to jazz before he turned to original soul and funkier
sounds are here. Split Kick (introduced by the erudite Pee Wee Marquette) is a
definitive hard bop vehicle, as Brown and Donaldson dig into their melody and
solo lines with deep affection and joy for this music. Quicksilver is more of
the same as the horns play in unison and pull the famous lyrical quote from Hey,
You Beautiful Doll. Mayreh is a happy reharmonized version of All Gods Children
Got Rhythm, hard bop at its best, with Brown on fire. Of course, Donaldsons
forte is soul, as emphasized during the slow Blues, assimilating Charlie Parkers
cooled tones nicely. A near ten-minute A Night in Tunisia establishes the
loose-tight concept Blakey patented as he dominates the bandstand in loudness.
J.J. Johnsons Wee-Dot is as definitive a bop flagwaver as there is, with a short
head and plenty of solo space. Where Brown was always masterful in a ballad,
Once in a While showcases his beautifully executed legato sound, but not at the
expense of his innate ability to both invent and extrapolate without losing
touch of this special melancholy song. This recording, as well as subsequent
editions of these performances, launches an initial breakthrough for Blakey and
modern jazz in general, and defines the way jazz music could be heard for
decades thereafter. Everybody must own copies of all volumes of A Night at
Birdland.~Michael G. Nastos 
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