''Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World'' is a two-volume

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live album featuring

the Jazz Messengers The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the o ...

with the leader/drummer

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 ...

, trumpeter

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

, tenor saxophonist

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davi ...

, pianist

Bobby Timmons Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he w ...

and bassist

Jymie Merritt Jymie Merritt (May 3, 1926 – April 10, 2020) was an American jazz double-bassist, electric-bass pioneer, band leader and composer. Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group from 1957 until 1962. The same year he left Blakey's b ...

. The album was recorded on September 14, 1960 at Birdland, a jazz club in New York City. Volume 1 was first released in July 1961, with Volume 2 following in May 1962. In 2002, the two LPs were reissued as a double-CD set.

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Lindsay Planer states that "The syncopated and infectiously rhythmic "Night Watch" is highlighted by Shorter, as he begins to fully grasp his improvisational skills that seem to materialize right before the keen-eared listener. He is quickly developing into the undaunted instrumentalist who would revolutionize modern jazz with Miles Davis in the mid-'60s". The 2002 Rudy Van Gelder Edition CD re-issued by

was given 4 out of 5 stars saying " Birdland (aka "the jazz corner of the world") produced some of Art Blakey's (drums) most revered live recordings...the 2002 complete Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World would be a welcome addition to the library of most any jazz lover."

The numbers

The set consists mainly of standards, and three compositions from former Messenger

Hank Mobley Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...

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and Shorter offer one tune each, and both volumes are rounded off by the ubiquitous

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

set closer "The Theme".

Track listing

Volume 1

#"What Know" (

) - 10:26 #"The Opener" ( Mobley) - 8:29 #"Round About Midnight" ( Hanighen,

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, Williams) - 9:44 #"The Breeze and I" ( Lecuona,

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) - 10:38 #"The Theme" (

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) - 1:37

Volume 2

#"High Modes" ( Mobley) - 13:09 #"Night Watch" ( Mobley) - 8:34 #"The Things I Love" ( Barlow, Lew Harris) - 8:26 #"The Summit" ( Shorter) - 9:26 #"The Theme" (

) - 1:35

Personnel

- drums *

- trumpet *

- tenor saxophone *

- piano *

- bass *

Pee Wee Marquette William Clayton "Pee Wee" Marquette (October 10, 1914 – September 21, 1992) was the former master of ceremonies at the Birdland jazz club in New York City. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Marquette was the son of Willis and Kinnie Markett (or s ...

- master of ceremonies/announcer Production *

Alfred Lion Alfred Lion (born Alfred Löw; April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987), was an American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading music ...

- producer *

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Theloni ...

- original recording engineer and 2002 remastering

References

Art Blakey live albums The Jazz Messengers live albums 1960 live albums Live instrumental albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Blue Note Records live albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub