Africaine

1981 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Africaine

Studio album by

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Released

1981

Recorded

November 10, 1959

Studio

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Genre

Jazz

Length

45:25

Label

Blue Note
LT 1088

Producer

Alfred Lion

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology

Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
(1959)

Africaine
(1981)

Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
(1959)

Africaine is a collection of 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The collection was not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. The album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic called it, "a recording that shows a band fully able to fuse many exotically attractive elements into a unified whole of creative jazz music ecstasy".^[2]

Track listing

"Africaine" (Shorter) – 7:57
"Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 8:35
"Splendid" (Davis) – 7:46
"Haina" (Morgan) – 10:17
"The Midget" (Morgan) – 6:00
"Celine" (Morgan) – 4:50

Personnel

Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
Jymie Merritt – acoustic bass
Dizzy Reece – conga drums (on tracks 1 & 4)

References

^ Nichael G. Nastos. "Africaine". Retrieved 2009-06-21.
^ ^a ^b Nastos, Michael G.. Africaine – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey

Studio
albums

The Jazz Messengers (1956)
Hard Bop (1957)
Ritual (1957)
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)
Cu-Bop (1957)
Hard Drive (1957)
A Night in Tunisia (1958)
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
Moanin' (1959)
The Big Beat (1960)
A Night in Tunisia (1961)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
Mosaic (1962)
Buhaina's Delight (1963)
Caravan (1963)
The Freedom Rider (1964)
Free for All (1964)
Kyoto (1964)
Golden Boy (1964)
Indestructible (1965)
'S Make It (1965)
Soul Finger (1965)
Tough! (1966)
Like Someone in Love (1967)
The Witch Doctor (1969)
Roots & Herbs (1970)
Child's Dance (1972)
Buhaina (1973)
Anthenagin (1973)
In Walked Sonny (1975)
Backgammon (1976)
Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)
In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978)
In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978)
Reflections in Blue (1979)
Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979)
Album of the Year (1981)
Oh-By the Way (1984)
Blue Night (1985)
Feeling Good (1986)
Not Yet (1988)
I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988)
Chippin' In (1990)
One for All (1990)

Live
albums

At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1956)
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1956)
A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957)
1958 – Paris Olympia (1959)
At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959)
Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960)
Paris Jam Session (1960)
Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960)
A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March (1961)
Three Blind Mice (1962)
Ugetsu (1963)
Buttercorn Lady (1966)
Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)
In This Korner (1978)
Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980)
One by One (1981)
Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)
Straight Ahead (1981)
Keystone 3 (1982)
Live at Kimball's (1985)
The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)

Compilation
albums

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956)
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
Drum Suite (1957)
Pisces (1979)
Africaine (1981)
Originally (1982)

Soundtrack
albums

Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959)
Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)

Art Blakey
solo albums

Blakey (1954)*
A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (1954)
Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
Holiday for Skins (1958)
Drums Around the Corner (1959)
The African Beat (1962)
A Jazz Message (1963)
Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
Killer Joe (1981)
Bluesiana Triangle (1990)

Discography

v t e Lee Morgan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Introducing Lee Morgan (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957) City Lights (1957) The Cooker (1957) Candy (1957–58) Peckin' Time (1958) Monday Night at Birdland (1958) Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959) Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Lee-Way (1960) Expoobident (1960) The Young Lions (1960) Take Twelve (1962) The Sidewinder (1963) Search for the New Land (1964) Tom Cat (1964) Cornbread (1965) Infinity (1965) The Gigolo (1965) The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965) The Rumproller (1965) Delightfulee (1966) Charisma (1966) The Rajah (1966) Standards (1967) Sonic Boom (1967) The Procrastinator (1967–69) The Sixth Sense (1967) Taru (1968) Caramba! (1968) Live at the Lighthouse (1970) The Last Session (1971)
With Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957) Drums Around the Corner (1958–59) Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958) Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958) Africaine (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959) Paris Jam Session (1959) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Like Someone in Love (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961) The Freedom Rider (1961) The Witch Doctor (1961) Roots & Herbs (1961) Pisces (1961–64) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) 'S Make It (1964) Soul Finger (1965) Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)
With Hank Mobley	Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (1956) No Room for Squares (1963) Dippin' (1965) A Caddy for Daddy (1965) A Slice of the Top (1966) Straight No Filter (1966) Third Season (1967)
With others	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957) Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972) Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972) Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959) Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957) Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958) A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957) Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968) Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969) Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969) Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959) Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970) Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965) Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965) Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963) Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964) House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58) Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964) Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967) Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967) Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969) Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)
Discography