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Released | 1957 |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Jazztone |
Jazz Messages is a 1957 LP re-issue and compilation of tracks by (i) the Clifford Brown Ensemble and (ii) The Jazz Messengers with Art Blakey. It was released on Jazztone Records (catalog #J-1281).
"Ritual" – For the purpose of improving his art, Blakey, in 1947, worked his way over to Nigeria on a ship, and, while there, visited, Ghana. He stayed for a little over a year. Later, in the New York Jazz scene, Blakey became influential in raising awareness of African-based percussion. Among other things, he composed "Ritual" out of inspiration from his experiences in Africa. [1] Jazz critic Norman Weinstein opined that "Ritual" was one of several projects where Blakey showed an interest in African diasporic musical connections, expressed in "quasi-Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean terms." [2]
"Daahoud," sometimes spelled "Dawud," means "David" in Arabic. Brown named the composition after Talib Dawud, a trumpet-playing acquaintance – with Dizzy and Lee Morgan – in Philadelphia from the early 1950s.
Brown, on June 26, 1954, married LaRue Anderson (maiden; 1933–2005). [i] He called her "Joy Spring," and, in her honor, composed a piece in her name in 1954. They had been introduced by Max Roach.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gone with the Wind" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Allie Wrubel | 3:37 |
2. | "Tiny Capers" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 4:13 |
3. | "Joy Spring" (recorded August 12, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 3:13 |
4. | "Blueberry Hill" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Vincent Rose | 3:13 |
5. | "Daahoud" (recorded August 12, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 4:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Once Upon a Groove" (recorded January 14, 1957, New York) | Owen Eugene Marshall | 8:36 |
2. | "Touche" (recorded January 14, 1957, New York) | Mal Waldron | 6:16 |
3. | "Blakey's comments on 'Ritual'" (Blakey; February 11, 1957, New York) | Blakey | 1:55 |
4. | "Ritual" (recorded February 11, 1957, New York) | Art Blakey | 9:59 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gone with the Wind" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Allie Wrubel | 3:37 |
2. | "Joy Spring" (recorded August 12, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 3:13 |
3. | "Finders Keepers" (recorded August 12, 1954) | Jack Montrose | 3:49 |
4. | "Blueberry Hill" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Vincent Rose | 3:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tiny Capers" (recorded September 8, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 4:13 |
2. | "Bones for Jones" (tecorded September 8, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 4:13 |
3. | "Daahoud" (recorded August 12, 1954) | Clifford Brown | 4:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Once Upon a Groove" (recorded January 14, 1957, New York) | Owen Eugene Marshall | 8:36 |
2. | "Touche" (recorded January 14, 1957, New York) | Mal Waldron | 6:16 |
3. | "Ritual" (recorded February 11, 1957, New York) | Art Blakey | 9:59 |