Hard Drive (Art Blakey album)

Hard Drive is an album by drummer Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label.[2][3]

Hard Drive
Studio album by
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
ReleasedEarly December 1957[1]
RecordedOctober 9 & 11, 1957
StudioNew York City
GenreJazz
Length38:51
LabelBethlehem
BCP 6023
ProducerLee Kraft
Art Blakey chronology
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1957)		 Hard Drive
(1957)		 Art Blakey Big Band
(1957)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1957)		 Hard Drive
(1957)		 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
(1958)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music on this album is typical hard bop of the period, well played and full of enthusiasm and fire".[4]

Track listing
  1. "For Minors Only" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:49
  2. "Right Down Front" (Johnny Griffin) - 4:31
  3. "Deo-X" (Bill Hardman) - 5:50
  4. "Sweet Sakeena" (Hardman) - 5:06
  5. "For Miles and Miles" (Heath) - 5:24
  6. "Krafty" (Griffin) - 6:35
  7. "Late Spring" (Leon Mitchell) - 5:36
  • Recorded in New York City on October 9 (track 3) and October 11 (tracks 1, 2 & 4-7), 1957

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Dec 23, 1957
  2. Art Blakey discography accessed June 5, 2013
  3. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 5, 2013
  4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 5, 2013
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