Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Night In Tunisia (CD) - Amoeba Music

Artist: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 02/21/1989
Label: Phantom
Recording: Studio
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Format: CD (1 Used)

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Night In Tunisia (CD)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Media Condition: Very Good CD Comments: Original Issue. Saw cut through spine. The second of two Jazz Messengers records with this title, this better-known 1960 date includes an 11-minute version of the title track that features Lee Morgan (then just 20 years old) in the trumpet chair on the Dizzy Gillespie classic. Morgan is joined by tenor player Wayne Shorter on the front-line, as well as pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Jymie Merritt, and of course Art Blakely behind the kit. You couldn’t ask for a better drummer to drive this bop masterpiece, and the man with the big beat sets the pace with 60 seconds of percussive foreplay before Timmons, Shorter and Morgan state the iconic theme. Shorter solos first, firing glissandos over Timmons’ swinging block chords. Morgan enters like a gladiator, delivering piercing high notes as he flies over the chord changes. Merritt follows with a concise solo before Blakey revisits his opening solo with even more urgency. By the time Timmons sets up the theme for Shorter and Morgan, the pace is feverish – until everyone stops for a brash Morgan solo that sets a mood like Ennio Morricone’s Spaghetti Western soundtracks. Shorter follows with a solo while everyone again lays out, and then the band kicks back in as Blakey drives them to a furious, deconstructed ending that almost sounds like Charles Mingus penned it. It’s a remarkable interpretation that tends to overshadow the rest of the songs – which is too bad because this is a great set even without the title track, and the young trumpeter Morgan almost steals the show. Shorter’s fiery solo highlights his up-tempo composition “Sincerely, Dianna,” but Morgan takes it to another level of urgency when he’s handed the baton. Timmons’ funky “So Tired” is a classic example of his swinging blues writing that remains a favorite in the jazz songbook; Morgan simply soars above the changes. The trumpeter’s “Yama” is an exotic slow-burn blues whose elegance suggests Morgan’s bright compositional future, and his 3/4-time “Koko’s Waltz” cleverly echoes the title track initially; Shorter’s rubato solo is his best contribution here. The mid-tempo standard “When Your Lover Has Gone” closes the set with Morgan, Shorter and Timmons again delivering swinging solos. These other tracks are strong enough to withstand the long shadow cast by the title track, making this a great Jazz Messengers’ date, period.		Buy $7.99

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