Paris Jam Session

Paris Jam Session is a live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with guest appearances by Bud Powell and Barney Wilen, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 18 December 1959.[1] It was released by Fontana (France) originally, by EmArcy in 1961, and subsequently by Verve on CD as part of their Jazz in Paris series.[2]

Paris Jam Session
Live album by
Released1961
Recorded18 December 1959
GenreHard bop
Length42:12
LabelFontana (France)
680 207 TL
ProducerMarcel Romano
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
(1959)
Paris Jam Session
(1961)
The Big Beat
(1960)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Guardian[4]

Allmusic gave the album 4½ stars with Ken Dryden's review stating: "This is one of the essential live dates in Art Blakey's rather extensive discography".[3] The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "the heated live-show informality is really stoked by Blakey's elemental (or maybe just mental) drumming and some spine-tingling improvising by the young Wayne Shorter, unintentional reed-squeaks and all".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Dance of the Infidels" (Bud Powell) — 12:26
  2. "Bouncing with Bud" (Gil Fuller, Powell) — 11:38
  3. "The Midget" (Lee Morgan) — 11:06
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) — 7:02

Personnel

References

  1. Art Blakey catalog, accessed August 10, 2016
  2. Discogs album entry accessed August 10, 2016
  3. Dryden, Ken. Paris Jam Sessions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. Fordham, John (2007-08-18). "Art Blakey, Paris Jam Session". thegaurdian.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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