A Night at Birdland Vol. 1

Infobox Album |
Name = A Night at Birdland Vol. 1
Type = Live
Artist = Art Blakey


Released = 1954
Recorded = February 21, 1954
Genre = Jazz
Length = 51:05
Label = Blue Note Records (1954)
Capitol Records (1990)
Producer = Michael Cuscuna
Alfred Lion
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8q1tk6axqkrj link]
*Penguin Guide to Jazz rating|4|4
Last album ="Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (album)"
(1953)
This album = "A Night at Birdland Vol. 1"
(1954)
Next album ="A Night at Birdland Vol. 2"
(1954)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = CD reissue cover
Type = live


Lower caption =

"A Night at Birdland Vol. 1" is a 1954 release by jazz artist Art Blakey. It was first released by Blue Note Records (#32146-2) and has seen subsequent reissues on CD since 1987 from that same label. All of the music has also since been reissued as part of a Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic Records. With the July 31, 2001 release, two additional tracks were added, an alternate take of "Wee-Dot" and an improvisational piece titled "Blues." These tracks had originally been released on the album "A Night at Birdland Vol. 3".

The recording was conducted by Alfred Lion and Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note.

Track listing

#"Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette" – 0:58
#"Split Kick" (Silver) – 8:44
#"Once in a While" (Edwards, Green) – 5:18
#"Quicksilver" (Silver) – 6:58
#"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 9:20
#"Mayreh" (Silver) – 6:19
#"Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (Johnson, Parker) – 6:53
#"Blues (Improvisation)" (traditional) – 8:37

Personnel

Art Blakey Quintet:
*Art Blakey - drums
*Clifford Brown - trumpet
*Lou Donaldson - saxophone (alto)
*Curley Russell - bass
*Horace Silver - piano

Production:
*Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather — liner notes
*Michael Cuscuna — reissue producer
*John Hermansader, Reid Miles — cover design
*Alfred Lion — producer
*Ron McMaster — digital transfers
*Rudy Van Gelder — engineer, mastering
*Francis Wolff — photography

Reception

The two albums that were released from the Birdland are considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be part of their "core collection." Allaboutjazz.com reviewer said it simply with "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland." [cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=8511|title=A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2|author=Michael Fortuna|accessdate=2006-12-31] Allmusic mentions that, on this first album, "all of the participants [are] in inspired form. Classic bop." [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8q1tk6axqkrj|title=A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1|author=Scott Yanow|accessdate=2006-12-31]

References

Miscellanea

The spoken announcement by Pee Wee Marquette is sampled in the famous US3 song "Cantaloop"