In My Prime Vol. 2

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In My Prime Vol. 2
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Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedDecember 30, 1977
CI Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Timeless
SJP 118
Producer Wim Wigt
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
In My Prime Vol. 1
(1977)
In My Prime Vol. 2
(1978)
In This Korner
(1978)

In My Prime Vol. 2 is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Dutch Timeless label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating that "Despite the changes in musical fashions, Art Blakey and his hard-bop institution were still turning out new material and solos in the late '70s that sound fresh and alive today". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Robert Watson except as indicated

  1. "Hawkman" - 9:25
  2. "People Who Laugh" (Slide Hampton) - 6:15
  3. "Time Will Tell" - 9:26
  4. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" (Walter Davis, Jr.) - 8:10

Personnel

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References

  1. Art Blakey discography accessed June 18, 2013
  2. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 18, 2013
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 18, 2013