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| type = live
| type = live
| artist = [[Art Blakey]]
| artist = [[Art Blakey]]
| cover = Blakey Birdland Vol. 1 Original.jpg
| cover = A Night at Birdland, Volume 1.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Volume 1 (12")
| caption = Volume 1 (LP)
| released = August 1956 (Volume 1)<br>December 1956 (Volume 2)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WyAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=blakey+Birdland&pg=PA20 ''Billboard'' Jan 5, 1957]</ref>
| released = August 1956 (Volume 1)<br>December 1956 (Volume 2)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WyAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=blakey+Birdland&pg=PA20 ''Billboard'' Jan 5, 1957]</ref>
| recorded = February 21, 1954
| recorded = February 21, 1954
| venue = [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]]<br>[[New York City]]
| venue = [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]], NYC
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=37}} (Volume 1)<br>{{Duration|m=32|s=31}} (Volume 2)
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=37}} (Vol. 1)<br>{{Duration|m=32|s=31}} (Vol. 2)
| label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br><small>BLP 1521 (Volume 1)<br>BLP 1522 (Volume 2)
| label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br>BLP 1521 (Vol. 1)<br>BLP 1522 (Vol. 2)
| producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| prev_title = [[Blakey (album)|Blakey]]
| prev_title = [[Blakey (album)|Blakey]]
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| next_year = 1957
| next_year = 1957
| misc = {{Extra album cover
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| header = A Night at Birdland
| header = ''A Night at Birdland''
| type = live
| type = live
| cover = Blakey Birdland Vol. 2 Original.jpg
| cover = A Night at Birdland, Volume 2.jpg
| border =
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| caption = Volume 2 (12")
| caption = Volume 2 (LP)
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'''''A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1 & 2''''' are a pair of separate but related 12" live albums by [[jazz]] [[drummer]] [[Art Blakey]], released by [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] in August and December 1956 respectively. The two volume recompile Blakey's performance with his quintet at the [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]] on February 21, 1954, which was originally spread out over three 10" LPs as '''''A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1–3.'''''<ref>{{discogs master|176730}}</ref>
'''''A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1 & 2''''' are a pair of separate but related live albums by the [[Art Blakey]] Quintet. They were recorded at the [[Birdland (New York jazz club)|Birdland]] jazz club on February 21, 1954 and released on [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] in 1956. The performance was originally spread out over three 10" LPs as '''''[[A Night at Birdland Vols. 1–3]]''''' (1954)'''''.'''''<ref name="discogs master|176730">{{discogs master|176730}}</ref>

== Release history ==
Volumes 1 and 2 were issued on CD in 1987 with new artwork based on the original ten-inches and two additional tracks each: an alternate take of "Wee-Dot" and an improvisational piece titled "Blues" on Volume 1, and "[[The Way You Look Tonight]]" and "Lou's Blues" on Volume 2—issued as side's one and two of the 12" ''A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3'' released by [[Toshiba Records|Toshiba]] three years previously in 1984—the first three of which were previously released in 1975 on ''Live Messengers'' (BN-LA473-J2), a 2 LP compilation.

The "RVG Editions" were released on CD in 2001, remastered by [[Rudy Van Gelder]] with the tracks in a different order and restoring the original album covers from Volumes 1 & 2 of the 10"s.<ref>{{Discogs master|259211}}</ref><ref name="discogs master|176730"/>

The concert was also included in ''The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown'' box set.


==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] (Vol. 1)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=a-night-at-birdland-vol-1-mw0000011362 |pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=a-night-at-birdland-vol-1-mw0000011362 |pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = AllMusic (Vol. 2)
| rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|Penguin Guide to Jazz]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r161161|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' (Vol. 1)
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2006 |pages=124 }}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
| rev4 = ''Penguin Guide to Jazz'' (Vol. 2)
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="penguin"/>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]'' (Vol. 1)
| rev5Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="RSJRG">{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
|editor-first=J.
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| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/25 25]
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/25 25]
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide'' (Vol. 2)
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="RSJRG" />
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (Vol. 1)
| rev5 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="epm">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev5Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/shop/jazz-40s.html|title=Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)|website=tomhull.com|access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' (Vol. 2)
}}{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev9 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]] (Vol. 1)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r161161|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev9score = A−<ref name="th">{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/shop/jazz-40s.html|title=Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)|website=tomhull.com|access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|Penguin Guide to Jazz]]''
| rev10 = Tom Hull (Vol. 2)
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|4}}
| rev10score = A−<ref name="th" />
| rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
}}''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' selected both albums as part of their "core collection."<ref name="penguin"/>
| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 25
}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
| rev5Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/shop/jazz-40s.html|title=Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)|website=tomhull.com|access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref>
}}The two albums that were released from the Birdland sessions are considered by ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]'' to be part of their "core collection." A reviewer for allaboutjazz.com said simply that "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Fortuna |title=A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=8511 |access-date=2006-12-31}}</ref> [[Allmusic|AllMusic]] mentions that, on this first album, "all of the participants [are] in inspired form. Classic bop."<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Yanow |title=A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207256|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=2006-12-31}}</ref> Bob Blumenthal, renowned hard-bop writer, refers to this as a historical jazz milestone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Records |first=Mosaic |date=2021-06-09 |title=Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers A Night At Birdland - |url=https://www.mosaicrecords.com/the-great-jazz-artists-art-blakey-a-night-at-birdland/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! |language=en-US}}</ref>


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."<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Fortuna |title=A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=8511 |access-date=2006-12-31}}</ref> [[Allmusic|AllMusic]] mentions that, on this second album, "all of the musicians are inspired, none more than Blakey."<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Yanow |title=A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r161161|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=2006-12-31}}</ref>
A reviewer for ''[[All About Jazz]]'' said simply that "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael Fortuna |title=A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2 |date=September 2001 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=8511 |access-date=2006-12-31}}</ref>


[[Allmusic|AllMusic]] reviewer [[Scott Yanow]] stated that the first album "launches an initial breakthrough for Blakey and modern jazz in general, and defines the way jazz music could be heard for decades thereafter."<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Yanow |title=A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-at-birdland-vol-1-mw0000011362 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref> Regarding the second album, Yanow wrote: "there are extraordinary high points, along with low points that either result from tiredness or a lack or preparation."<ref>{{cite web |author=Scott Yanow |title=A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 |website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-at-birdland-vol-2-mw0000059996 |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>
== Release history ==
Volumes 1 and 2 were issued on CD in 1987 with new artwork based on the original ten-inches and two additional tracks each: an alternate take of "Wee-Dot" and an improvisational piece titled "Blues" on Volume 1, and "[[The Way You Look Tonight]]" and "Lou's Blues" on Volume 2—issued as side's one and two of the 12" ''A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3'' released by [[Toshiba Records|Toshiba]] three years previously in 1984—the first three of which were previously released in 1975 on ''Live Messengers'' (BN-LA473-J2), a 2 LP compilation.


Bob Blumenthal, renowned hard-bop writer, refers to this as a historical jazz milestone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Records |first=Mosaic |date=2021-06-09 |title=Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers A Night At Birdland - |url=https://www.mosaicrecords.com/the-great-jazz-artists-art-blakey-a-night-at-birdland/ |access-date=2021-07-21 |website=Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! |language=en-US}}</ref>
The "RVG Editions" were released on CD in 2001, remastered by [[Rudy Van Gelder]] with the tracks in a different order and restoring the original album covers from Volumes 1 & 2 of the 10"s.<ref>{{Discogs master|259211}}</ref><ref>{{discogs master|176730}}</ref>

The concert was also included in ''The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown'' box set.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


=== ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 1'' ===
=== Original release ===
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==== Volume 1 ====
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| extra_column = Original release
| extra_column = Original release
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
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==== Volume 2 ====
=== ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 2'' ===
{{track listing
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| headline = Side 1
| headline = Side 1
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| extra_column = Original release
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| music3 = [[Horace Silver]]
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| extra3 = previously unreleased
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| headline = Side 2
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| extra_column = Original release
| title1 = Now's the Time
| title1 = Now's the Time
| length1 = 9:02
| length1 = 9:02
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=== CD edition ===
=== CD reissues ===


==== Volume 1 ====
==== 1987 Edition ====
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = 1987 Edition
| headline = ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 1''
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
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| length1 = 0:58
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| music8 = Horace Silver
| music8 = Horace Silver
| total_length = 53:07
| total_length = 53:07
}}{{track listing
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| headline = ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 2''

==== Volume 2 ====
{{tracklist
| headline = 1987 Edition
| title1 = Wee Dot
| title1 = Wee Dot
| length1 = 7:19
| length1 = 7:19
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=== RVG Edition ===
==== 2001 RVG Edition ====


==== Volume 1 ====
==== Volume 1 ====
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = 2001 RVG Edition
| headline = ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 1''
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
| title1 = Announcement by [[Pee Wee Marquette]]
| length1 = 0:58
| length1 = 0:58
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==== Volume 2 ====
==== Volume 2 ====
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = 2001 RVG Edition
| headline = ''A Night at Birdland, Volume 2''
| title1 = Wee Dot
| title1 = Wee Dot
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| length1 = 7:19
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''Art Blakey Quintet'''
* [[Art Blakey]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Clifford Brown]]&nbsp;– trumpet
* [[Lou Donaldson]]&nbsp;– [[alto saxophone]]
* [[Horace Silver]]&nbsp;– piano
* [[Curley Russell]]&nbsp;– bass


=== Art Blakey Quintet ===
'''Production'''
* [[Clifford Brown]] – trumpet
* [[Lou Donaldson]] – alto saxophone
* [[Horace Silver]] – piano
* [[Curley Russell]] – bass
* [[Art Blakey]] – drums

=== Technical personnel ===

==== Original ====
* [[Alfred Lion]] – producer
* [[Rudy Van Gelder]] – recording engineer, mastering
* [[Francis Wolff]] – photography
* [[Reid Miles]], John Hermansader – cover design
* Bob Bluementhal, [[Leonard Feather]] – liner notes


==== Reissue ====
* Alfred Lion&nbsp;– producer
* [[Michael Cuscuna]] – producer
* Rudy Van Gelder&nbsp;– engineer, mastering (Original, 2001)
* Rudy Van Gelder – 2001 remaster
* Francis Wolff&nbsp;– photography
* Ron McMaster – digital transfers
* Reid Miles, John Hermansader&nbsp;– cover design
* Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather&nbsp;– liner notes
* Michael Cuscuna&nbsp;– reissue producer
* Ron McMaster&nbsp;– digital transfers


==References==
==References==
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*{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r161161|label=A Night at Birdland Vol. 2}}


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Latest revision as of 01:47, 19 August 2024

A Night at Birdland
Volume 1 (LP)
Live album by
Art Blakey
ReleasedAugust 1956 (Volume 1)
December 1956 (Volume 2)[1]
RecordedFebruary 21, 1954
VenueBirdland, NYC
GenreJazz
Length37:37 (Vol. 1)
32:31 (Vol. 2)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 1521 (Vol. 1)
BLP 1522 (Vol. 2)
ProducerAlfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
Blakey
(1954) 		A Night at Birdland
(1956) 		Drum Suite
(1957)
A Night at Birdland
Volume 2 (LP)
A Night at Birdland
A Night at Birdland (CD)
Volume 2 (CD)

A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1 & 2 are a pair of separate but related live albums by the Art Blakey Quintet. They were recorded at the Birdland jazz club on February 21, 1954 and released on Blue Note in 1956. The performance was originally spread out over three 10" LPs as A Night at Birdland Vols. 1–3 (1954).[2]

Release history

[edit]

Volumes 1 and 2 were issued on CD in 1987 with new artwork based on the original ten-inches and two additional tracks each: an alternate take of "Wee-Dot" and an improvisational piece titled "Blues" on Volume 1, and "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Lou's Blues" on Volume 2—issued as side's one and two of the 12" A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3 released by Toshiba three years previously in 1984—the first three of which were previously released in 1975 on Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2), a 2 LP compilation.

The "RVG Editions" were released on CD in 2001, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder with the tracks in a different order and restoring the original album covers from Volumes 1 & 2 of the 10"s.[3][2]

The concert was also included in The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown box set.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (Vol. 1) link
AllMusic (Vol. 2) link
Penguin Guide to Jazz (Vol. 1)[4]
Penguin Guide to Jazz (Vol. 2)[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (Vol. 1)[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (Vol. 2)[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Vol. 1)[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Vol. 2)[6]
Tom Hull (Vol. 1)A−[7]
Tom Hull (Vol. 2)A−[7]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected both albums as part of their "core collection."[4]

A reviewer for All About Jazz said simply that "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."[8]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated that the first album "launches an initial breakthrough for Blakey and modern jazz in general, and defines the way jazz music could be heard for decades thereafter."[9] Regarding the second album, Yanow wrote: "there are extraordinary high points, along with low points that either result from tiredness or a lack or preparation."[10]

Bob Blumenthal, renowned hard-bop writer, refers to this as a historical jazz milestone.[11]

Track listing

[edit]

A Night at Birdland, Volume 1

[edit]
Side 1
No.TitleMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette" A Night at Birdland, Vol. 10:58
2."Split Kick"Horace SilverA Night at Birdland, Vol. 18:44
3."Once in a While"
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 15:18
4."Quicksilver"Horace SilverA Night at Birdland, Vol. 16:58
Side 2
No.TitleMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."A Night in Tunisia"
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 29:20
2."Mayreh"Horace SilverA Night at Birdland, Vol. 26:19
Total length:37:37

A Night at Birdland, Volume 2

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Side 1
No.TitleMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."Wee Dot"
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 27:19
2."If I Had You"
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 33:31
3."Quicksilver [alternate master]"Horace Silverpreviously unreleased8:46
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Now's the Time"Charlie ParkerA Night at Birdland, Vol. 39:02
2."Confirmation"ParkerA Night at Birdland, Vol. 39:12
Total length:32:31

CD reissues

[edit]

1987 Edition

[edit]
A Night at Birdland, Volume 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"  0:58
2."Split Kick" Horace Silver8:44
3."Once in a While"Bud GreenMichael Edwards5:18
4."Quicksilver" Horace Silver6:58
5."Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2]) J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker6:53
6."Blues (Improvisation)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2]) Traditional8:37
7."A Night in Tunisia" Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli9:20
8."Mayreh" Horace Silver6:19
Total length:53:07
A Night at Birdland, Volume 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Wee Dot" J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker7:19
2."If I Had You"Jimmy Campbell and Reg ConnellyTed Shapiro3:31
3."Quicksilver [alternate master]" Horace Silver8:46
4."The Way You Look Tonight" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])Dorothy FieldsJerome Kern9:59
5."Lou's Blues" (previously released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [Toshiba (Japan), BNJ-61002]) Lou Donaldson3:58
6."Now's the Time" Charlie Parker9:02
7."Confirmation" Charlie Parker9:12

2001 RVG Edition

[edit]

Volume 1

[edit]
A Night at Birdland, Volume 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"  0:58
2."Split Kick" Horace Silver8:44
3."Once in a While"Bud GreenMichael Edwards5:18
4."Quicksilver" Horace Silver6:58
5."A Night in Tunisia" Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli9:20
6."Mayreh" Horace Silver6:19
7."Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2]) J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker6:53
8."Blues (Improvisation)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2]) Traditional8:37
Total length:53:07

Volume 2

[edit]
A Night at Birdland, Volume 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Wee Dot" J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker7:19
2."If I Had You"Jimmy Campbell and Reg ConnellyTed Shapiro3:31
3."Quicksilver [alternate master]" Horace Silver8:46
4."Now's the Time" Charlie Parker9:02
5."Confirmation" Charlie Parker9:12
6."The Way You Look Tonight" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])Dorothy FieldsJerome Kern9:59
7."Lou's Blues" (previously released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [Toshiba (Japan), BNJ-61002]) Lou Donaldson3:58

Personnel

[edit]

Art Blakey Quintet

[edit]

Technical personnel

[edit]

Original

[edit]

Reissue

[edit]
  • Michael Cuscuna – producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – 2001 remaster
  • Ron McMaster – digital transfers

References

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  1. ^ Billboard Jan 5, 1957
  2. ^ a b A Night at Birdland at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. ^ A Night at Birdland at Discogs (list of releases)
  4. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 124.
  5. ^ a b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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