Buhaina's Delight

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Buhaina's Delight
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Studio album by
ReleasedEarly July 1963 [1]
RecordedNovember 28 & December 18, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length40:09
Label Blue Note Records
BST 84104
Producer Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
Mosaic
(1961)
Buhaina's Delight
(1963)
The African Beat
(1962)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Mosaic
(1961)
Buhaina's Delight
(1961)
Three Blind Mice
(1962)
Professional ratings
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Buhaina's Delight is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in 1963. [6] Produced by Alfred Lion, the album was recorded in two sessions on November 28, 1961 and December 18, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. [7] The album was released by Blue Note Records in July 1963 after Blakey had gone to Riverside Records in late 1962. [8]

Contents

Background

"Buhaina" is a reference to the Muslim name, Abdullah ibn Buhaina, Blakey received upon conversion to Islam in 1948 while traveling in West Africa. Although he stopped practicing Islam in the 1950s, Blakey continued to use the name, which became titular on two albums.

Track listing

  1. "Backstage Sally" (Shorter) - 5:58
  2. "Contemplation" (Shorter) - 6:18
  3. "Bu's Delight" (Fuller) - 9:20
  4. "Reincarnation Blues" (Shorter) - 6:36
  5. "Shaky Jake" (Walton) - 6:38
  6. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 5:12

Personnel

References

  1. Billboard July 20, 1963
  2. Down Beat: August 29, 1963 Vol. 30, No.24
  3. Allmusic review
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. 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.
  6. Billboard, July 20, 1963, p. 10.
  7. Art Blakey Discography
  8. Billboard, Nov. 3, 1962, p. 24.