''A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers'' is a live album by

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

& the Jazz Messengers originally released on the

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label in 1957. The album masters were sold to

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and re-released as ''Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers'' in 1960 and ''Mirage'' in 1977.Savoy Records Catalog: 12100 series
accessed February 7, 2018

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "Already at this early stage, the band was the epitome of hard bop and just beginning to become an influential force. ... the music is consistently excellent and typically hard swinging".

Track listing

# "Casino" ( Gigi Gryce) – 5:00 # "The Biddie Griddies" ( Ray Draper) – 5:56 # "Potpourri" (

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

) – 4:21 # "Ugh!" (Draper) – 5:33 # "Mirage" (Waldron) – 4:39 # "Reflections of Buhaina" (Draper) – 6:47 Originally issued on Mono LP # "Study in Rhythm" (Art Blakey) – 4:12 Originally issued on Stereo LP # "Reflections on Buhaina (alternate take)" (Draper) – 4:42 Bonus track on CD re-issue

Personnel

– drums * Bill Hardman – trumpet * Jackie McLean – alto saxophone * Sam Dockery – piano * Spanky DeBrest – bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Midnight Session with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, A Art Blakey live albums The Jazz Messengers live albums 1957 live albums Albums produced by Jac Holzman Savoy Records live albums Elektra Records live albums