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At the Jazz Corner of the World

1959 live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Not to be confused with the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers release Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, a live album recorded in 1960.

At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, recorded at the Birdland jazz club in New York City on April 15, 1959 and released on Blue Note later that year in September and October respectively.[2] The quintet features horn section Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley and rhythm section Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt and Art Blakey.

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Background

Recording

The performance features four songs that had also been recorded in-studio just five weeks earlier for Just Coolin’, an album that was subsequently shelved in favor of releasing At the Jazz Corner of the World. Just Coolin’ remained unreleased until July 2020, when it was put out by Blue Note as part of an extended celebration of Blakey’s Centennial.[3]

Release history

The album was originally issued on 12-inch LPs in two volumes (BLP 4015 and 4016) and later re-released as a two-CD double album.

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "This band was as definitive a modern jazz ensemble as there ever was, and the immaculately chosen repertoire elevates this to one of the greatest live jazz sessions ever, and belongs on the shelf of all serious jazz listeners."[4]

Track listing

At the Jazz Corner of the World, Volume 1

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At the Jazz Corner of the World, Volume 2

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Personnel

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Technical personnel

References

  1. [1]
    "Billboard". October 5, 1959.
  2. [2]
    Art Blakey discography, accessed January 31, 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Never-Before-Released Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Alubm "Just Coolin'" Due Out July 17". Blue Note. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. [4]
    Nastos, M. G. Allmusic review, accessed January 31, 2011.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, John S. (7 January 1960). "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol. 1". DownBeat. pp. 29–30.
  6. [6]
    Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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