Buttercorn Lady
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{{Infobox album
| name = Buttercorn Lady
| type = Live album
| artist = Art Blakey and The New Jazz Messengers
| cover = Buttercorn Lady.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1966{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=art+blakey+buttercorn+lady&pg=PA42|title=Billboard|date=March 26, 1966}}
| recorded = January 1 & 9, 1966
| venue = The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:52
| label = Limelight
LM 82034
| producer = Jack Tracy
| chronology = Art Blakey
| prev_title = Soul Finger
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Hold On, I'm Coming
| next_year = 1966
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Jazz Messengers
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Soul Finger
| prev_year = 1965
| title = Buttercorn Lady
| year = 1966
| next_title = Jazz Messengers '70
| next_year = 1970
}}
}}
Buttercorn Lady is a live album by drummer Art Blakey's New Jazz Messengers recorded at The Lighthouse jazz club in 1966 and originally released that year on the Limelight label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/album-index/#limelight-lm-82034 Art Blakey discography], accessed June 6, 2013.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology], accessed June 6, 2013. The album was the first commercial recording to feature pianist Keith Jarrett, who had joined Blakey's band a few months earlier.Carr, Ian. Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music, 1992 (discography section) {{ISBN|0-586-09219-6}}.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|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 = 26
}}
}}
Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated that "this particular version of The Jazz Messengers only had the opportunity to record this one excellent live LP (which is currently out of print) but proved to be a worthy successor to their more acclaimed predecessors".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/buttercorn-lady-mw0000187725 Allmusic Review], accessed June 6, 2013.
Track listing
All compositions are by Chuck Mangione except where noted.
- "Buttercorn Lady" - 3:10
- "Recuerdo" - 14:20
- "The Theme" (Kenny Dorham) - 2:20
- "Between Races" - 4:32
- "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:07
- "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 9:00
Personnel
References
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Category:Art Blakey live albums