Drums Around the Corner

1999 compilation album by Art Blakey

Drums Around the Corner

Compilation album by

Art Blakey

Released| October 19, 1999
Recorded|

* November 2, 1958
* March 29, 1959

Studio| Manhattan Towers (NYC)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Genre| Jazz
Length| 72:36
Label| Blue Note
Blue Note 21455
Producer| Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
| Moanin'
(1958)  | Drums Around the Corner
(1999)  | Holiday for Skins
(1958)

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AllMusic| [1]

Drums around the Corner is a posthumous album by Art Blakey recorded in 1958 and 1959, but not released until 1999.

The album was cut from two sessions. The main session, recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Manhattan Towers, New York City on November 2, 1958, is effectively a showcase for an all-star lineup drummers consisting of Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes and Ray Barretto (on congas). They are supported by the regular members of the Jazz Messengers at the time, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Bobby Timmons (piano) and Jymie Merritt (bass).

The later session was a duet between Blakey and bassist Paul Chambers, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, NJ on March 29, 1959.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Art Blakey except as noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Moose the Mooche"| Charlie Parker| 15:19
2.| "Blakey's Blues"|  | 11:07
3.| "Lee's Tune"| Lee Morgan| 8:26
4.| "Let's Take 16 Bars"|  | 6:13
5.| "Drums in the Rain"|  | 11:13
6.| "Lover"|

* Richard Rodgers
* Lorenz Hart

| 7:24
7.| "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"| Irving Berlin| 7:11
8.| "What Is This Thing Called Love?"| Cole Porter| 5:43
Total length:| 1:12:36

## Personnel

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November 2, 1958 (Tracks 1–6)

* Art Blakey – drums, timpani
* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Jymie Merritt – bass
* Philly Joe Jones – drums, timpani
* Roy Haynes – drums
* Ray Barretto – congas
* Recorded at Manhattan Towers, NYC

March 29, 1959 (Tracks 7–8)

* Paul Chambers – bass
* Art Blakey – drums
* Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

## References

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1. ^ Nastos, Michael G.. Drums Around the Corner at AllMusic

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* e

Art Blakey

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Solo or
as leader|

* Blakey (1954)
* A Night at Birdland (1954)
* Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
* Big Band (1957)
* Holiday for Skins (1958)
* Drums Around the Corner (1958/59)
* A Jazz Message (Art Blakey Quartet, 1963)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)

The Jazz
Messengers|

| Studio
albums|

* The Jazz Messengers (1956)
* Hard Bop (1956)
* Drum Suite (1956/57)
* Ritual (1957)
* Tough! (1957)
* Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)
* A Night in Tunisia (1957)
* Cu-Bop (1957)
* Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1957)
* Hard Drive (1957)
* Moanin' (1958)
* Africaine (1959)
* Just Coolin' (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* Like Someone in Love (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1960)
* The Freedom Rider (1961)
* Roots & Herbs (1961)
* The Witch Doctor (1961)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* Mosaic (1961)
* Buhaina's Delight (1961)
* Caravan (1962)
* Golden Boy (1963)
* Free for All (1964)
* Kyoto (1964)
* Indestructible (1964)
* 'S Make It (1964)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Child's Dance (1972)
* Buhaina (1973)
* Anthenagin (1973)
* In Walked Sonny (1975)
* Backgammon (1976)
* Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)
* In My Prime Vol. 1 (1977)
* In My Prime Vol. 2 (1977)
* Reflections in Blue (1978)
* Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979)
* Album of the Year (1981)
* Oh-By the Way (1982)
* New York Scene (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 (1955)
* At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955)
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
* Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers
au club St. Germain (1958)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
* Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers
au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1959)
* Paris Jam Session (1959)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
* Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 6: Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set (1960)
* First Flight to Tokyo (1961)
* Three Blind Mice (1962)
* Live Messengers (1962)
* Ugetsu (1963)
* Buttercorn Lady (1966)
* Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)
* In This Korner (1978)
* One by One (1979)
* Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980)
* Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)
* Straight Ahead (1981)
* Keystone 3 (1982)
* Live at Ronnie Scott's (1985)
* Live at Sweet Basil (1985)
* Live at Kimball's (1985)
* The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)

Soundtracks|

* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)

Collaborations,
other groups,
etc.|

* New Sounds (compilation, 1947)
* Horace Silver Trio & Art Blakey–Sabu (1952/53)
* The African Beat (Art Blakey and the Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962)
* Killer Joe (w/ George Kawaguchi, 1981)
* Feel the Wind (w/ Freddie Hubbard, 1988)
* Bluesiana Triangle (group of same name, 1990)

* 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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* t
* e

Bobby Timmons

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (and John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan, 1957)
* This Here Is Bobby Timmons (1960)
* Soul Time (1960)
* Easy Does It (1961)
* In Person (1961)
* Sweet and Soulful Sounds (1962)
* Born to Be Blue! (1963)
* Chun-King (1964)
* From the Bottom (1964)
* Holiday Soul (1964)
* Little Barefoot Soul (1964)
* Workin' Out! (1964)
* Chicken & Dumplin's (1965)
* Soul Food (1966)
* The Soul Man! (1966)
* Got to Get It! (1967)
* Do You Know the Way? (1968)

With Art Blakey and
the Jazz Messengers|

* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958)
* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
* Drums Around the Corner (1958)
* Moanin' (1958)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World (1959)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
* A Night in Tunisia (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (1960)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* Pisces (1961)
* Roots & Herbs (1961)
* The Freedom Rider (1961)
* The Witch Doctor (1961)

With others|

* 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Pepper Adams, 1958)
* The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959)
* Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960)
* Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960)
* Chet Baker & Crew (1956)
* Chet Baker Big Band (1956)
* Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958)
* On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Kenny Burrell, 1959)
* More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
* Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
* 'Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia (Kenny Dorham, 1956)
* Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
* Brass Shout (Art Farmer, 1959)
* The Opener (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
* Benny Golson and the Philadelphians (1958)
* The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960)
* The Soul Society (Sam Jones, 1960)
* Nice and Easy (Johnny Lytle, 1962)
* Hank (Hank Mobley, 1957)
* The Cooker (Lee Morgan, 1957)
* Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
* Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
* Personal Appearance (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
* The Young Lions (1960)

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