Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!

Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	September 1, 1961
Recorded	June 13, 1961 (#3, 5) June 14, 1961 (#1-2, 4, 6) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:00
Label	Impulse! A-7
Producer	Bob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
The Witch Doctor (1961) Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (1961) Mosaic (1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)
Down Beat	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Jazz Messengers!!!!! is a 1961 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Impulse! Records.

In his Down Beat review of January 4, 1962, critic Ira Gitler commented: "This is a change of pace from most recent Messenger releases. There is only one original; the rest are standards that have not been overdone."

Track listing

1. "À la Mode" (Fuller) — 6:40
2. "Invitation" (Kaper, Webster) — 7:25
3. "Circus" (Lou Alter, Bob Russell) — 5:12
4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (DePaul, Raye) — 6:55
5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Baker, Fragos, Gasparre) — 6:30
6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Redman) — 5:00

Personnel

• Art Blakey — drums
• Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
• Lee Morgan — trumpet
• Curtis Fuller — trombone
• Bobby Timmons — piano
• Jymie Merritt — bass

References