Africaine

For other uses, see Africaine (disambiguation).

1981 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

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
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
(1959)  | Africaine
(1981)  | Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
(1959)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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1. "Africaine" (Shorter) – 7:57
2. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 8:35
3. "Splendid" (Davis) – 7:46
4. "Haina" (Morgan) – 10:17
5. "The Midget" (Morgan) – 6:00
6. "Celine" (Morgan) – 4:50

## Personnel

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* 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

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1. ^ Nichael G. Nastos. "Africaine". Retrieved 2009-06-21.
2. ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Africaine – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

* v
* t
* e

The Jazz Messengers

* Art Blakey

* Dale Barlow
* Mickey Bass
* Terence Blanchard
* Joanne Brackeen
* Cameron Brown
* Donald Brown
* Bobby Broom
* Donald Byrd
* George Cables
* Buck Clarke
* Chick Corea
* Steve Davis
* Spanky DeBrest
* Sam Dockery
* Kenny Dorham
* Essiet Essiet
* Robin Eubanks
* Charles Fambrough
* Curtis Fuller
* Carlos Garnett
* John Gilmore
* Benny Golson
* Benny Green
* Johnny Griffin
* Bill Hardman
* Donald Harrison
* Philip Harper
* John Hicks
* Freddie Hubbard
* Dennis Irwin
* Javon Jackson
* Carter Jefferson
* Geoffrey Keezer
* Frank Lacy
* Brian Lynch
* Branford Marsalis
* Wynton Marsalis
* Jackie McLean
* Jymie Merritt
* Mulgrew Miller
* Hank Mobley
* Lee Morgan
* Billy Pierce
* Lonnie Plaxico
* Valery Ponomarev
* Wallace Roney
* Gregory Charles Royal
* David Schnitter
* Woody Shaw
* Clarence Seay
* Wayne Shorter
* Horace Silver
* Victor Sproles
* Bobby Timmons
* Jean Toussaint
* McCoy Tyner
* Cedar Walton
* Peter Washington
* Doug Watkins
* Bobby Watson
* James Williams
* Reggie Workman

Studio
albums|

* The Jazz Messengers (1956)
* Hard Bop (1957)
* Ritual (1957)
* Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)
* Cu-Bop (1957)
* Hard Drive (1957)
* A Night in Tunisia (1958)
* Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
* Moanin' (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1961)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* Mosaic (1962)
* Buhaina's Delight (1963)
* Caravan (1963)
* The Freedom Rider (1964)
* Free for All (1964)
* Kyoto (1964)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* Indestructible (1965)
* 'S Make It (1965)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Tough! (1966)
* Like Someone in Love (1967)
* The Witch Doctor (1969)
* Roots & Herbs (1970)
* Child's Dance (1972)
* Buhaina (1973)
* Anthenagin (1973)
* In Walked Sonny (1975)
* Backgammon (1976)
* Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)
* In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978)
* In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978)
* Reflections in Blue (1979)
* Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979)
* Album of the Year (1981)
* Oh-By the Way (1984)
* Blue Night (1985)
* Feeling Good (1986)
* Not Yet (1988)
* I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988)
* Chippin' In (1990)
* One for All (1990)

Live
albums|

* At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1956)
* At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1956)
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1959)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959)
* Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960)
* Paris Jam Session (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960)
* A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March (1961)
* Three Blind Mice (1962)
* Ugetsu (1963)
* Buttercorn Lady (1966)
* Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)
* In This Korner (1978)
* Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980)
* One by One (1981)
* Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)
* Straight Ahead (1981)
* Keystone 3 (1982)
* Live at Kimball's (1985)
* The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)

Compilation
albums|

* Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956)
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
* Drum Suite (1957)
* Pisces (1979)
* Africaine (1981)
* Originally (1982)

Soundtrack
albums|

* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959)
* Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)

Art Blakey
solo albums|

* Blakey (1954)*
* A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (1954)
* Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
* Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
* Holiday for Skins (1958)
* Drums Around the Corner (1959)
* The African Beat (1962)
* A Jazz Message (1963)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
* Killer Joe (1981)
* Bluesiana Triangle (1990)

Related|

* Discography

* v
* t
* e

Lee Morgan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956)
* Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
* Lee Morgan Sextet (1956)
* Dizzy Atmosphere (1957)
* Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (1957)
* City Lights (1957)
* The Cooker (1957)
* Candy (1957–58)
* Peckin' Time (1958)
* Monday Night at Birdland (1958)
* Another Monday Night at Birdland (1959)
* Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
* Lee-Way (1960)
* Expoobident (1960)
* The Young Lions (1960)
* Take Twelve (1962)
* The Sidewinder (1963)
* Search for the New Land (1964)
* Tom Cat (1964)
* Cornbread (1965)
* Infinity (1965)
* The Gigolo (1965)
* The Night of the Cookers (with Freddie Hubbard, 1965)
* The Rumproller (1965)
* Delightfulee (1966)
* Charisma (1966)
* The Rajah (1966)
* Standards (1967)
* Sonic Boom (1967)
* The Procrastinator (1967–69)
* The Sixth Sense (1967)
* Taru (1968)
* Caramba! (1968)
* Live at the Lighthouse (1970)
* The Last Session (1971)

With
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers|

* Theory of Art (aka, A Night in Tunisia, 1957)
* Drums Around the Corner (1958–59)
* Moanin' (1958)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (1958)
* Africaine (1959)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
* Paris Jam Session (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1960)
* Like Someone in Love (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* The Freedom Rider (1961)
* The Witch Doctor (1961)
* Roots & Herbs (1961)
* Pisces (1961–64)
* Indestructible (1964)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* 'S Make It (1964)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1965)

With
Hank
Mobley|

* Hank Mobley Sextet (1956)
* Jazz Message No. 2 (1956)
* No Room for Squares (1963)
* Dippin' (1965)
* A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
* A Slice of the Top (1966)
* Straight No Filter (1966)
* Third Season (1967)

With
others|

* Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958)
* Blue Train (John Coltrane, 1957)
* Intensity (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Charles III (Charles Earland, 1972)
* Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959)
* Sliding Easy (Curtis Fuller, 1959)
* The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (1959)
* Images of Curtis Fuller (1960)
* Dizzy in Greece (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Dizzy Gillespie, 1957)
* Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (Benny Golson, 1958)
* A Blowin' Session (Johnny Griffin, 1957)
* Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
* Last Chorus (Ernie Henry, 1957)
* Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
* Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969)
* Flute-In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971)
* The Prime Element (Elvin Jones, 1969)
* Drums Around the World (Philly Joe Jones, 1959)
* The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959)
* Cliff Jordan (Clifford Jordan, 1957)
* Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly, 1959)
* Greasy Kid Stuff! (Harold Mabern, 1970)
* Jacknife (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Consequence (Jackie McLean, 1965)
* Evolution (Grachan Moncur, 1963)
* Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)
* Night Dreamer (Wayne Shorter, 1964)
* House Party (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* The Sermon! (Jimmy Smith, 1957–58)
* Mr. Natural (Stanley Turrentine, 1964)
* Tender Moments (McCoy Tyner, 1967)
* Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
* Mother Ship (Larry Young, 1969)
* Love Bug (Reuben Wilson, 1969)

Discography

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