| Gypsy Folk Tales | ||||
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| Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | February 14–17 & 28 and March 1, 1977 Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Roulette SR 5008 | |||
| Producer | Fred Bailin | |||
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Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh". [3]
All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated
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"Yes sir, I'm gonna to stay with the youngsters. When these get too old, I'm gonna get some younger ones. Keeps the mind active."
