Straight Ahead (Art Blakey album)

Straight Ahead
Live album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released1981
RecordedJune 1981
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California
GenreJazz
Length40:37
LabelConcord Jazz
CJ 168
ProducerFrank Dorritie
Art Blakey chronology
Album of the Year
(1981) 		Straight Ahead
(1981) 		Killer Joe
(1981)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Album of the Year
(1981) 		Straight Ahead
(1981) 		Keystone 3
(1982)

Straight Ahead is a live album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1981 and released on the Concord Jazz label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, described it as "One of the best recordings by Art Blakey's 1981 Jazz Messengers... Highly recommended".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Falling In Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:52
  2. "My Romance" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:30
  3. "Webb City" (Bud Powell) - 9:53
  4. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 9:32
  5. "E.T.A." (Bobby Watson) - 6:09
  6. "The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 2:56

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 19, 2013
  2. ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 18, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed June 19, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.