| A Jazz Message | ||||
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| Released | February 1964 [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 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
A Jazz Message is a jazz album recorded by Art Blakey's Quartet in 1964. [5] The album was Blakey's second and last album for the Impulse! label.
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