Album · 1959
Art Blakey Big Band
Tracklist
1
Midriff
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3:17
2
Ain't Life Grand
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3:21
3
Tippin'
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6:23
4
Pristine
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5:35
5
El Toro Valiente
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2:43
6
The Kiss of No Return
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5:37
7
Late Date
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3:33
8
The Outer World
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4:06
In print
First pressed 1958, still pressed 2024 — 39 pressings across 9 countries.
Credits
Al Cohn
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Art Blakey
Instrument · drums
Bill Graham
Instrument · alto saxophone
Bill Hardman
Instrument · trumpet
Donald Byrd
Instrument · trumpet
Frank Rehak
Instrument · trombone
Idrees Sulieman
Instrument · trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland
Instrument · trombone
John Coltrane
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Melba Liston
Instrument · trombone
Ray Copeland
Instrument · trumpet
Sahib Shihab
Instrument · alto saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr.
Instrument · piano
Wendell Marshall
Instrument · bass
William Slapin
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Dietrich Schulz-Köhn
Liner Notes
Nat Hentoff
Liner Notes
Shoichi Yui
Liner Notes
Art Blakey Big Band
Performing Orchestra
Francis Wolff
Photography
Jean‐Pierre Leloir
Photography
Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Photography
Lee Kraft
Producer