1958 – Paris Olympia
| Olympia Concert | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | November 22 and December 17, 1958 | |||
| Venue | L'Olympia, Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:20 | |||
| Label | Fontana (France) 680 202 ML | |||
| Art Blakey chronology | ||||
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| European 1987 CD cover | ||||
1958 – Paris Olympia is a live album by drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers recorded at the Olympia in late 1958 and originally released in 1959 on the French Fontana label as Olympia Concert.[1][2][3] Soon reissued versions had several different covers and were also released titled Soul! (1965). In the US it was first issued on Epic in 1960 under the title Paris Concert. Behind the Iron Curtain the album was issued on the East German label Amiga in 1976 titled simply Art Blakey and His Jazz-Messengers.[4] The first digital release on CD in 1987 added two tunes from the same two concert dates, that were originally issued by Fontana on a 7" single (460 642 TE), "Blues March" and "Whisper Not".[5]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [6] |
| DownBeat | [7] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [8] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it "Hard bop at its best, all of it propelled by the powerful drumming of Art Blakey".[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Golson except where indicated.
- "Just by Myself" – 4:35
- "I Remember Clifford" – 5:36
- "Are You Real" – 10:17
- "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 13:38
- "Justice" (Thelonious Monk) – 9:17
- "Blues March" – 5:46
- "Whisper Not" – 7:11
Personnel
- Art Blakey – drums
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Jymie Merritt – bass
References
- ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 26, 2013
- ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 26, 2013
- ^ Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers – Olympia Concert at Discogs (list of releases)
- ^ See 1958 – Paris Olympia at Discogs.
- ^ See Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – Blues March / Whisper Not at Discogs.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 26, 2013
- ^ Lange, Art (July 1988). "Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers" (PDF). DownBeat. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ 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.