A Jazz Message

A Jazz Message
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	October 1963 (1963-10) [1]
Recorded	July 16, 1963
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:11
Label	Impulse! A-45
Producer	Bob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
Ugetsu (1963) A Jazz Message (1963) Free For All (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

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. ^[1] 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

• Art Blakey  – drums
• Sonny Stitt  – tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5), alto saxophone (2, 4, 6)
• McCoy Tyner  – piano
• Art Davis  – bass

Production notes:

• Bob Thiele  – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder  – engineer

References

1. 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.