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Recorded live at Birdland, New York, New York on February 21, 1954. Originally released on Bluenote (1522). Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Rudy Van Gelder.
Recorded live at Birdland Jazzclub, Hamburg, Germany on November 19 & 20, 1993.
Art Blakey's pre-Messengers quintet are in fine form on this second volume of A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND, a date that Blakey later claimed to be the "first time I enjoyed a record session." Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Curley Russell, original Messengers leader Horace Silver and the powerful Art Blakey present a night of hard-swinging tunes and astounding soloing that defines the state of modern jazz in 1954.
Blakey launches into a raucous solo to introduce the sizzling "Wee Dot" as the set's opener. Switching gears, Donaldson is then featured on the classic "If I Had You," a bluesy ballad that gets a lift by the saxophonist's shimmering tone. The heat is back on, though, as a lightning-quick alternate take of Silver's "Quicksilver" will leave you breathless in its wake. A delightful arrangement of Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" gives us a hint of the future Messengers sound. The end of the set appropriately features two Bird classics--the exemplary "Now's The Time" and the furious "Confirmation"-- both receiving excellent performances that cap off a memorable night of jazz.
Recorded live at Birdland Jazz Club, Hamburg, Germany on November 19 & 20, 1993. Originally released on Nagel Heyer (007). Includes liner notes by Hans Nagel-Heyer.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.
3 Bonus Tracks
Art Blakey Quintet: Art Blakey (drums); Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone); Clifford Brown (trumpet); Horace Silver (piano); Curly Russell (bass).
Producer: Alfred Lion.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Harry Allen Quartet: Harry Allen (tenor saxophone); Randy Sandke (trumpet); Brian Dee (piano); Len Skeat (bass); Oliver Jackson (drums).
Personnel includes: Harry Allen (tenor saxophone); Randy Sandke (trumpet); Brian Dee (piano); Len Skeat (bass); Oliver Jackson (drums).
Night At Birdland Vol. 2 Music | List Price | $8.94 (You save $0.79) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Live Performances, Saxophone, Drums | | Label | Blue Note | | Orig Year | 1993 | | All Time Sales Rank |  28537  | | CD Universe Part number | 1973163 | | Catalog number | 32147 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 31, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Live | | Mono/Stereo | Mono | | Engineer | Rudy VanGelder | | Personnel | Brian Dee - piano
Harry Allen - tenor saxophone
Len Skeat - bass
Also: Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Randy Sandke, Oliver Jackson | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Art Blakey Night At Birdland Vol. 2 Songs | 1. | Wee Dot | $0.99 | |
| 2. | If I Had You  | |
| 3. | Quicksilver - (alternate take) | |
| 4. | Now's the Time | |
| 5. | Confirmation | |
| 6. | Way You Look Tonight, The - (bonus track) | |
| 7. | Lou's Blues - (bonus track) | |
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