A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers
| type = Live
| artist = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
| cover = A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = March 8–9, 1957
| venue = Carl Fischer Concert Hall, New York City
| studio =
| genre = Hard bop
| length = 36:46
| label = Elektra
EKL 120 (Mono) EKS 7120 (Stereo)
| producer = Jac Holzman
| chronology = Art Blakey
| prev_title = Orgy in Rhythm
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...
| next_year = 1957
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Jazz Messengers
| type = Live
| prev_title = Ritual
| prev_year = 1957
| title = A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers
| year = 1957
| next_title = Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...
| next_year = 1957
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| header = Savoy Cover
| type = Live
| cover = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Savoy).jpg
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{{Extra album cover
| header = Mirage Cover
| type = Live
| cover = Mirage (Art Blakey album).jpg
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A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers is a live album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers originally released on the Elektra label in 1957.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/album-index/#elektra-ekl-120 Art Blakey catalog] accessed February 7, 2018[http://www.atsf.co.uk/elektra/discography.php?from=350&to=850 Elektra Records Master Discography] accessed February 7, 2018[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology] accessed February 7, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Bill_Hardman.htm Jazzlists: Bill Hardman discography] accessed February 6, 2018 The album masters were sold to Savoy and re-released as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in 1960 and Mirage in 1977.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/savoy-records/catalog-12100-series/#mg-12171-art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers-midnight-session Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series] accessed February 7, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 26
}}
}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "Already at this early stage, the band was the epitome of hard bop and just beginning to become an influential force. ... the music is consistently excellent and typically hard swinging".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000866290 |title=Mirage – Review |access-date=February 7, 2018}}
Track listing
- "Casino" (Gigi Gryce) – 5:00
- "The Biddie Griddies" (Ray Draper) – 5:56
- "Potpourri" (Mal Waldron) – 4:21
- "Ugh!" (Draper) – 5:33
- "Mirage" (Waldron) – 4:39
- "Reflections of Buhaina" (Draper) – 6:47 Originally issued on Mono LP
- "Study in Rhythm" (Art Blakey) – 4:12 Originally issued on Stereo LP
- "Reflections on Buhaina (alternate take)" (Draper) – 4:42 Bonus track on CD re-issue
Personnel
- Art Blakey – drums
- Bill Hardman – trumpet
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- Sam Dockery – piano
- Spanky DeBrest – bass
References
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Category:Art Blakey live albums
Category:The Jazz Messengers live albums
Category:Albums produced by Jac Holzman