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Art_Blakey_and_the_Jazz_Messengers-Mosaic-LP-1961-JUST

Artist.......: Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Album........: Mosaic

Label........: Blue Note

Genre........: Jazz

Catnr........: ST-46523

source.......: Vinyl

rip.date.....: Dec-18-2005

str.date.....: 000-00-1961

quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo

Url..........: n/a



track  title                                          time



 01.   mosaic                                        08:11

 02.   down under                                    05:26

 03.   children of the night                         08:50

 04.   arabia                                        09:00

 05.   crisis                                        08:31



                                            Runtime  39:58 min

                                            Size     58,4 MB





Release Notes:



Art Blakey (drums)

Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone)

Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)

Curtis Fuller (trombone)

Cedar Walton (piano)

Jymie Merritt (bass)



Recorded on October 2, 1961. Freddie Hubbard

(trumpet) and Wayne Shorter (saxophone) are joined

by Curtis Fuller's trombone to expand Art Bla*****

Jazz Messengers to a sextet for MOSAIC. The result

is a huge sound that is powerfully propelled by

Bla***** forceful drumming. The deep, soulful

grooves here support complex ensemble arrangements

with concise solo spots for the horns and pianist

Cedar Walton. In all, this is classic '60s era

Messengers in their prime. Although Shorter was the

group's musical director and chief contributor of

new material during his tenure, Hubbard, Walton and

Fuller each offer excellent compositions on this

outing. Walton's boisterous "Mosaic" gets the

opening slot and is a quintessential Messengers

number. Bla***** trademark shuffle groove

highlights Hubbard's gospel-flavored "Down Under"

before the sextet gears up for Shorter's masterful

"Children Of The Night," one of his most dynamic

compositions that gets a spirited reading here.

Fuller's minor "Arabia" is a hard swinging track

that captures the Middle Eastern flavor of its

namesake. Finally, Hubbard's intricate "Crisis" is

a stunning arrangement that offers alternating

passages of reflective horn harmonies and banging

accents for a hard bopping grand finale.



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