Africaine

Africaine
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

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.