Buhaina's Delight
{{Infobox album|
| name = Buhaina's Delight
| type = Album
| artist = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
| cover = Buhainas delight.jpg
| alt =
| released = Early July 1963[https://books.google.com/books?id=WwsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=4104+blakey&pg=PA10 Billboard July 20, 1963]
| recorded = November 28 & December 18, 1961
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:09
| label = Blue Note Records
BST 84104
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Art Blakey
| prev_title = Mosaic
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = The African Beat
| next_year = 1962
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Jazz Messengers
| type = Album
| prev_title = Mosaic
| prev_year = 1961
| title = Buhaina's Delight
| year = 1961
| next_title = Three Blind Mice
| next_year = 1962
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Down Beat
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Down Beat: August 29, 1963 Vol. 30, No.24
|rev2 = Allmusic
|rev2score = {{rating|4.0|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135489|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 23
}}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 134}}
}}
Buhaina's Delight is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in 1963.Billboard, July 20, 1963, p. 10. 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/discography/ Art Blakey Discography] The album was released by Blue Note Records in July 1963 after Blakey had moved to Riverside Records in late 1962.Billboard, Nov. 3, 1962, p. 24.
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
- "Backstage Sally" (Shorter) - 5:58
- "Contemplation" (Shorter) - 6:18
- "Bu's Delight" (Fuller) - 9:20
- "Reincarnation Blues" (Shorter) - 6:36
- "Shaky Jake" (Walton) - 6:38
- "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 5:12
Personnel
- Art Blakey - drums
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
- Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Jymie Merritt - bass
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums