Gypsy Folk Tales

1977 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Gypsy Folk Tales

Studio album by

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Released| 1977
Recorded| February 14–17 & 28 and March 1, 1977
Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Roulette
SR 5008
Producer| Fred Bailin
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
| Backgammon
(1977)  | Gypsy Folk Tales
(1977)  | In My Prime Vol. 1
(1977)

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Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

1. "Jodi" - 10:15
2. "Cami" - 6:55
3. "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
4. "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
5. "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
6. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
7. "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
8. "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

## Personnel

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* Art Blakey \- drums
* Valery Ponomarev \- trumpet
* Bobby Watson \- alto saxophone
* David Schnitter \- tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. \- piano
* Dennis Irwin \- bass

## References

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

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