The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen

The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen
The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen
Live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	1996
Recorded	October 9, 1989; Leverkusen Jazz Festival
Genre	Jazz
Label	IN+OUT Records
Producer	Mike Hennessy
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology

The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen is a live album by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival in Germany on October 9, 1989. To commemorate Blakey's 70th birthday (October 11), the concert featured many special guests—most of whom were former Messengers. Singer Michelle Hendricks sang a song – "Mr. Blakey"—composed for the occasion by founding Messenger Horace Silver.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

The album was given three stars by Allmusic, and reviewer Scott Yanow says "...the CD concludes with a nearly-13 minute interview that Mike Hennessey conducted with Blakey in 1976 in which the drummer reminisces about the Jazz Messengers' early days. Well worth picking up."^[1]

Track listing

"Two of a Kind" (Terence Blanchard)
"Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons)
"Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson)
"Lester Left Town" (Wayne Shorter)
"Mr. Blakey" (Horace Silver)
Drum Duo (Drum duet with Art Blakey and Roy Haynes)
"Blues March" (Benny Golson)
Buhaina's Valediction
Interview

Personnel

Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey – drums
Brian Lynch – trumpet
Frank Lacy – trombone
Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
Geoff Keezer – piano
Essiet Okon Essiet – bass

Special Guests

Freddie Hubbard, Terence Blanchard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Jackie McLean, Donald Harrison – alto saxophone
Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
Buster Williams – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Michelle Hendricks – vocals

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Yannow, Scott. "The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ "Art Blakey Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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[allmusic-1] Yannow, Scott. "The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[2] "Art Blakey Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Studio albums	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Hard Bop (1957) Ritual (1957) Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957) Cu-Bop (1957) Hard Drive (1957) A Night in Tunisia (1958) Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958) Moanin' (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1961) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) Mosaic (1962) Buhaina's Delight (1963) Caravan (1963) The Freedom Rider (1964) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Indestructible (1965) 'S Make It (1965) Soul Finger (1965) Tough! (1966) Like Someone in Love (1967) The Witch Doctor (1969) Roots & Herbs (1970) Child's Dance (1972) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973) In Walked Sonny (1975) Backgammon (1976) Gypsy Folk Tales (1977) In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978) In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978) Reflections in Blue (1979) Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979) Album of the Year (1981) Oh-By the Way (1984) Blue Night (1985) Feeling Good (1986) Not Yet (1988) I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988) Chippin' In (1990) One for All (1990)
Live albums	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1956) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1956) A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959) Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960) Paris Jam Session (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960) A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Buttercorn Lady (1966) Jazz Messengers '70 (1970) In This Korner (1978) Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980) One by One (1981) Art Blakey in Sweden (1981) Straight Ahead (1981) Keystone 3 (1982) Live at Kimball's (1985) The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)
Compilation albums	Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Drum Suite (1957) Pisces (1979) Africaine (1981) Originally (1982)
Soundtrack albums	Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959) Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)
Art Blakey solo albums	Blakey (1954)* A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (1954) Orgy in Rhythm (1957) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (1958) Drums Around the Corner (1959) The African Beat (1962) A Jazz Message (1963) Hold On, I'm Coming (1966) Killer Joe (1981) Bluesiana Triangle (1990)
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