Art Blakey & Clifford Brown – A Night At Birdland – Vinyl LP

High Quality, Gatefold Sleeve

180g vinyl 2LP set in deluxe gatefold sleeve with iconic pictures by jazz photographer Francis Wolff. Includes both volumes of the classic album ‘A Night At Birdland’ by Art Blakey featuring Clifford Brown.

This group represents the germ of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and marked the path for the future. Brown, pianist Horace Silver, and alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson were somewhat established, but skyrocketed to stardom after this band switched personnel. This was perhaps Blakey’s most acclaimed combo, along with the latter-period bands featuring Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter. Three of Silver’s greatest compositions can be heard here: “Split Kick”, “Quicksilver”, and “Mayreh” (a reharmonization of the standard “All God’s Children Got Rhythm”). Clifford’s wonderful ballad playing is showcased on “Once in a While”. This music was first released in 1954 on three 10″ LPs, and then remarketed in 1956 on two 12″ LPs, whose configuration is followed here.

1. Announcement By Pee Wee Marquette
2. Split Kick (Horace Silver)
3. Once In a While (Bud Green-Michael Edwards)
4. Quicksilver (Horace Silver)
5. A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie-Frank Paparelli)
6. Mayreh (Horace Silver)
7. Into Lullaby of Birdland [Theme] (George Shearing)
8. Wee Dot (J. J. Johnson-Leo Parker)
9. If I Had You (James Campbell-Ted Shapiro)
10. Quicksilver [Alternate Master] (Horace Silver)
11. S the Time (Charlie Parker)
12. Confirmation (Charlie Parker)
13. Into Lullaby of Birdland [Theme] (George Shearing)