Child's Dance: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Vol. 1

• Artist: Art Blakey
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1972 05 23-1973 03 27
• Total Time: 71:34
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

After several years of few recordings, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers re-emerged with totally new personnel on this Prestige LP. The strongest performance is a quartet feature for the great trumpeter Woody Shaw on "I Can't Get Started," but the other three selections (which include such musicians as George Cables or John Hicks on keyboards, bassist Stanley Clarke and Ramon Morris on reeds) are also worth hearing and sound surprisingly "contemporary" for the time. An interesting set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Song for the Lonely Woman	Stanley Clarke	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(9:40)
Kaku AKA		Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(15:23)
Child's Dance (Christian's Song)	Ramon Morris	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(7:40)
C.C.	Stanley Clarke	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(12:18)
I Can't Get Started	Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(7:30)
Anthenagin	Cedar Walton	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(11:56)
I'm Not So Sure	Cedar Walton	Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	(7:07)

Credits

Mickey Bass (Bass), Mickey Bass (?), George Cables (Piano), George Cables (Piano (Electric)), George Cables (?), John Hicks (Piano), John Hicks (Piano (Electric)), John Hicks (?), Woody Shaw (Trumpet), Woody Shaw (?), Cedar Walton (Piano), Cedar Walton (Piano (Electric)), Cedar Walton (?), Ray Mantilla (Conga), Ray Mantilla (?), Buddy Terry (Sax (Soprano)), Buddy Terry (?), Carter Jefferson (Sax (Tenor)), Carter Jefferson (?), Nat Bettis (Percussion), Nat Bettis (?), Art Blakey (Drums), Art Blakey (Main Performer), Art Blakey (?), Manny Boyd (Flute), Manny Boyd (?), Ozzie Cadena (Producer), Ozzie Cadena (Supervisor), Stanley Clarke (Bass), Stanley Clarke (?), Walter Davis, Jr. (Piano), Rudy Van Gelder (Engineer), Rudy Van Gelder (Remixing), Orrin Keepnews (Producer), Orrin Keepnews (Liner Notes), Richard Landrum (?), Sonny Morgan (Percussion), Sonny Morgan (?), Ramon Morris (Flute), Ramon Morris (Sax (Tenor)), Ramon Morris (?), Jim Stern (Engineer), Tony Waters (Conga), Tony Waters (?), Essien Nkrumah (Guitar), Essien Nkrumah (?), Emmanuel K. Rahim (Percussion), Emmanuel K. Rahim (Conga), Phil Carroll (Art Direction), The Jazz Messengers (Performer), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Performer), Jamie Putnam (Design)