Mosaic (Art Blakey album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Mosaic

| type = Album

| artist = Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

| cover = Mosaic Blakey cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 1962

| recorded = October 2, 1961

| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Hard bop

| length = 40:16

| label = Blue Note
BLP 4090

| producer = Alfred Lion

| prev_title = Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Buhaina's Delight

| next_year = 1963

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135519|first=Thom|last=Jurek}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{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 = 26

}}

| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

| rev3score = {{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}}

}}

Mosaic is a studio album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded for Blue Note on October 2, 1961 and released the following year.[https://books.google.com/books?id=FyIEAAAAMBAJ&q=Mosaic&pg=PA11 Billboard Jan 20, 1962] The sextet features horn section Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Curtis Fuller and rhythm section Cedar Walton, Jymie Merritt and Art Blakey.

Background

The lineup recorded and performed together from 1961 into 1964. Hubbard and Walton became permanent members of the group following the 1961 departures of trumpeter Lee Morgan and pianist Bobby Timmons.

Release history

The Mosaic recording session featured no alternate takes and, therefore, has yielded no bonus material in reissue.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Track listing

= Side 1 =

  1. "Mosaic" (Walton) – 8:13
  2. "Down Under" (Hubbard) – 5:29
  3. "Children of the Night" (Shorter) – 8:51

= Side 2 =

  1. "Arabia" (Fuller) – 9:10
  2. "Crisis" (Hubbard) – 8:33

Personnel

= The Jazz Messengers =

= Technical personnel =

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Jazz Messengers}}

{{Freddie Hubbard}}{{Cedar Walton}}

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Category:Blue Note Records albums

Category:Art Blakey albums

Category:The Jazz Messengers albums

Category:Albums produced by Alfred Lion

Category:1962 albums

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