Paris Jam Session


Paris Jam Session is a live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with guest appearances by Bud Powell and Barney Wilen, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 18 December 1959. It was released by Fontana originally, by EmArcy in 1961, and subsequently by Verve on CD as part of their Jazz in Paris series.

Reception

gave the album 4½ stars with Ken Dryden's review stating: "This is one of the essential live dates in Art Blakey's rather extensive discography". The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "the heated live-show informality is really stoked by Blakey's elemental drumming and some spine-tingling improvising by the young Wayne Shorter, unintentional reed-squeaks and all".

Track listing

  1. "Dance of the Infidels" — 12:26
  2. "Bouncing with Bud" — 11:38
  3. "The Midget" — 11:06
  4. "A Night in Tunisia" — 7:02

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