Track Listing
1. Three Blind Mice
2. Blue Moon
3. That Old Feeling
4. Plexis
5. Up Jumped Spring
6. Up Jumped Spring - (alternate take, bonus track)
7. When Lights Are Low
8. Children of the Night - (bonus track)
| Details | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
& The Jazz Messengers.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Cedar Walton (piano); Jymie Merritt (bass).
Producer: Alan Douglas.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded live at the Renaissance Club, Hollywood, California in March 1962. Includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna.
Personnel: Art Blakey (drums); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Cedar Walton (piano).
Liner Note Author: Michael Cuscuna.
Recording information: Ranaissance Club, Hollywood, CA (03/09/1962/03/18/1962); Renaissance Club, Hollywood, CA (03/09/1962/03/18/1962).
This live set from 1962 features Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in one of their strongest line-ups. Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Curtis Fuller form a stunning front line that is expertly propelled by the rhythm section of Blakey, Cedar Walton and Jymie Merritt. Free from the constraints of the studio, the tight ensemble arrangements for which the group is famous are expanded upon here and performed with even greater energy. As expected, Blakey's driving leadership and assertive drumming incites memorable performances from his men and an enthusiastic response from his audience.
Curtis Fuller's lilting arrangement of the childhood favorite "Three Blind Mice" opens the set with jazzed-up harmonies and explosive comments from Blakey. The standard ballad "Blue Moon" also gets an updated arrangement, this time from Shorter, and a mournful performance by Hubbard in the lead. The original compositions, however, get the most energized readings here as Walton's blistering "Plexis" and Hubbard's "Up Jumped Spring" are the highlights of the set. Also included in this volume are a second take of the latter and a previously unreleased performance of Shorter's "Children Of The Night," one of his most vigorous compositions.
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