The Big Beat (Art Blakey album)

The Big Beat is an album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded on March 6, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features horn section Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter and rhythm section Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt and Blakey.

The Big Beat
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedMarch 6, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length47:49
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4029
ProducerAlfred Lion
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers chronology
Paris Jam Session
(1959)
The Big Beat
(1960)
A Night in Tunisia
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

Track listing

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Side 1

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  1. "The Chess Players" (Shorter) – 9:31
  2. "Sakeena's Vision" (Shorter) – 6:04
  3. "Politely" (Hardman) – 6:04

Side 2

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  1. "Dat Dere" (Timmons) – 8:47
  2. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 6:26
  3. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) – 6:38

CD reissue bonus track

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  1. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (alternate take) – 6:19

Personnel

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The Jazz Messengers

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ The Big Beat at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.