Drums Around the Corner

Artist: Art Blakey
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724352145522
EAN: 0724352145522
ASIN: B00001ZSXM

Release Date: 1999-10-19

Related Categories:

Bebop General

| Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General

| Jazz | Styles | Music

General

| Pop | Styles | Music

Blue Note Records

| Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music

General

| Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Bebop

| Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Hard Bop

| Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

Listmania:

Top Bebop Jazz Albums!
Jazz Records you probably don't have
Music that's off the beaten path

Tracks:

Moose The Mooche
Blakey's Blues
Lee's Tune
Let's Take 16 Bars
Drums In The Rain
Lover
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
What Is This Thing Called Love

Similar Items:

Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1-2
Roots & Herbs
The Witch Doctor
Like Someone in Love
Indestructible

Customer Reviews:

Lee's Tune.......2002-10-17

If Lee Morgan's "Lee's Tune" had been released 40 years ago instead of recently, it would have been huge. This is one of Blakey's 3 best albums and they didn't even release it while most of these cats were alive.

Wow.......2000-03-25

Drums around the corner is a must have for all drummers! Art Blakey, Roy HAynes, Philly Joe Jones and Ray BArreto on one and the same Cd! The drumming is absolutly amazing. Only the sound isn't very good( old recording). So I think everybody who loves drumming and these greta drummers have to buy it!

Couldn't get any better for drum enthusiasts.......1999-11-07

This previously unreleased session from November 2, 1958 recorded at Manhattan Towers is a real joy. The legendary Art Blakey is joined by Lee Morgan on trumpet, Jymie Merritt on bass, and Bobby Timmons on piano from his Messengers of the period, and drummers Roy Haynes, and Joseph Rudolph Jones aka "Philly" Joe Jones and conga master Ray Barretto. Things get to a fast start with Charlie Parker's "Moose The Mooche" which has all the percussionists playing the melody! Lee Morgan, and Bobby Timmons have brief solos,and then the fireworks start. Ray Barretto solos briefly, and for the trap drummers Roy Haynes comes in first(on the left speaker) with crisp, crackling snare and rim shots, complimented by short, repetative phrases. Philly Joe(on the right speaker) is next with some of his trademark fire, followed by Art's(also on the right) bombshells. "Blakey's Blues" is more conventional in a sense as Morgan and Timmons really stretch out. The ensemble charges through "Let's Take 16 Bars" which starts with the drummers playing a common phrase, "Drums In The Rain" which brings memories of Art's predecessor drum ensemble record "Orgy In Rhythm" the previous year, and a very fast "Lover". Unlike "Orgy In Rhythm", "Drums Around the Corner" deserves merit because it is a more fully conceived date, as well as a more enjoyable one for hard bop enthusiasts. The recording quality is excellent, because of Rudy Van Gelder's familiarity w/ the Manhattan Towers studio(as Kenny Burrell's "Blue Lights", and Jimmy Smith's "The Sermon" were recorded there earlier that year) and Ron McMaster's 24 bit mastering job really brings the tonal qualities through, although RVG's original engineering has Morgan and Timmons farther back, and the drummers up front in the mix. Also included from another session in 1959 are 2 duets w/ Blakey and bassist Paul Chambers that are very interesting. Overall, drumming fans, as well as Blakey fans should enjoy this limited edition commodity. 3 of the 6 tunes from the 11/2/58 date run over 10 mins. resulting in over an hour of music If you want something similar in concept to "Orgy In Rhythm" but with a more straight ahead flavor, you will definitely want to obtain this. With "The African Beat" being released early next year, we get a view of Art Blakey as a creative master of the groove. And the dream pairing of Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, and Roy Haynes makes this too good to pass up.

Music CD:

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Gonna Have a Good Time ~ Marky Mark & Funky Bunch

Turn Up the Music ~ Grandmaster Slice

To Drive the Cold Winter Away ~ Loreena McKennitt

Rock & Roll Relix: 1988-1989 ~ Various Artists

War and Peace ~ Syd Straw

Keep on Movin: It's Too Funky in Here ~ Funkstar de Luxe

Paradogs: Foul Play at the Earth Lab ~ Jerry Richards

Vol. 3-Lowrider Magazine ~ Hispanic M.C. , Debbie Deb , and Lowrider Magazine Soundtrack

Best Kept Secret ~ Perfec

Parking Lot Pimpin' ~ Lil' Troy & SK