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{{short description|1958 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers}}
{{short description|1958 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers}}
{{For|the 1960 album|A Night in Tunisia (1960 album)}}
{{For|the 1961 album|A Night in Tunisia (1961 album)}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = A Night in Tunisia
| name = A Night in Tunisia
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| cover = Night in Tunisia 1957.jpeg
| cover = Night in Tunisia 1957.jpeg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = Mid February 1958<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSEEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=billboard+february+1958#v=snippet|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=Feb 17, 1958|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=May 21, 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| released = Mid February 1958<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSEEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+february+1958 |magazine=Billboard |title=Special Merit Jazz Albums |date=Feb 17, 1958 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |access-date=January 24, 2023 |page=37 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| recorded = April 2 & 8, 1957, NYC
| recorded = April 2 & 8, 1957, NYC
| venue =
| venue =
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| label = [[RCA Records|Vik]]
| label = [[RCA Records|Vik]]
| producer = [[Bob Rolontz]]
| producer = [[Bob Rolontz]]
| prev_title = [[Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...]]
| prev_title = [[Hard Drive (Art Blakey album)|Hard Drive]]
| prev_year = 1957
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = [[Tough!]]
| next_title = [[Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk]]
| next_year = 1957
| next_year = 1958
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM1">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964 |title= Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957) |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM1">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964 |title= Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957) |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
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'''''A Night in Tunisia''''' is a 1957 [[jazz]] album by [[Art Blakey]] & the Jazz Messengers, released by the [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] subsidiary label Vik.<ref>[http://www.excitingsounds.com/rca-vik/ RCA Vik Record Label Discography], accessed November 30, 2015</ref> It features the only recorded instances of saxophonists [[Jackie McLean]] and [[Johnny Griffin]] playing together.<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Cook |authorlink=Richard Cook (journalist) |first2=Brian |last2=Morton |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette]] |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=111}}</ref>
'''''A Night in Tunisia''''' is a 1958 [[jazz]] album by [[Art Blakey]] & the Jazz Messengers, released by the [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] subsidiary label Vik.<ref>[http://www.excitingsounds.com/rca-vik/ RCA Vik Record Label Discography], accessed November 30, 2015</ref> It features the only recorded instances of saxophonists [[Jackie McLean]] and [[Johnny Griffin]] playing together.<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |first1=Richard |last1=Cook |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |first2=Brian |last2=Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette]] |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=111}}</ref>


The album's original five tracks were augmented by up to three alternative takes on CD reissues.<ref name="AM1" /> The album was also reissued under the title ''Theory of Art'', with two nonet tracks – "A Night at Tony's" and "Social Call" – added.<ref name="AM2">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/theory-of-art-mw0000187858 |title= Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Theory of Art |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="JT" />
The album's original five tracks were augmented by up to three alternative takes on CD reissues.<ref name="AM1" /> The album was also reissued under the title ''Theory of Art'', with two nonet tracks – "A Night at Tony's" and "Social Call" – added.<ref name="AM2">{{cite web |last=Yanow |first=Scott |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/theory-of-art-mw0000187858 |title= Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Theory of Art |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="JT" />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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* Spanky DeBrest – bass
* Spanky DeBrest – bass


Sources:<ref name="Penguin" /><ref name="JT">{{cite magazine |last=Shoemaker |first=Bill |date=May 1, 1997 |title=Art Blakey: Theory of Art |publisher= |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/ |magazine=[[JazzTimes]] |volume= |issue= |page= |accessdate=}}</ref>
Sources:<ref name="Penguin" /><ref name="JT">{{cite magazine |last=Shoemaker |first=Bill |date=May 1, 1997 |title=Art Blakey: Theory of Art |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/ |magazine=[[JazzTimes]] }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Jackie McLean}}
{{Jackie McLean}}
{{Lee Morgan}}
{{Lee Morgan}}

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Latest revision as of 05:59, 19 November 2023

For the 1961 album, see A Night in Tunisia (1961 album).
A Night in Tunisia
Studio album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedMid February 1958[1]
RecordedApril 2 & 8, 1957, NYC
GenreHard bop
LabelVik
ProducerBob Rolontz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Hard Drive
(1957) 		A Night in Tunisia
(1958) 		Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

A Night in Tunisia is a 1958 jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, released by the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik.[3] It features the only recorded instances of saxophonists Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin playing together.[4]

The album's original five tracks were augmented by up to three alternative takes on CD reissues.[2] The album was also reissued under the title Theory of Art, with two nonet tracks – "A Night at Tony's" and "Social Call" – added.[5][6]

Track listing

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A Night in Tunisia CD

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  1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 12:55
  2. "Off the Wall" (Johnny Griffin) – 7:16
  3. "Theory of Art" (Bill Hardman) – 9:46
  4. "Couldn't It Be You?" (Art Blakey, Jackie McLean) – 8:12
  5. "Evans" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:30
  6. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 12:30 Bonus track on CD re-issue.
  7. "Off the Wall" (Griffin) – 7:21 Bonus track on CD re-issue.
  8. "Theory of Art" (Hardman) – 10:14 Bonus track on CD re-issue.

Theory of Art CD

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First five tracks as A Night in Tunisia, above.

  1. "A Night at Tony's" (Gigi Gryce)
  2. "Social Call" (Gryce, Jon Hendricks)

Personnel

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A Night in Tunisia

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Theory of Art

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Sources:[4][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Special Merit Jazz Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Feb 17, 1958. p. 37. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography, accessed November 30, 2015
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
  5. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Theory of Art". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Shoemaker, Bill (May 1, 1997). "Art Blakey: Theory of Art". JazzTimes.
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