Name: At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 [2001] [Remaster]
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SKU: 815864
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Tracks

1. Announcement By Art Blakey

2. Sportin' Crowd

3. Like Someone In Love

4. Yesterdays

5. Avila And Tequila

6. I Waited For You

7. Just One Of Those Things

8. Hank's Symphony

9. Gone With The Wind

Performer Notes

Full performer name: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Horace Silver (piano); Doug Watkins (bass).
Producer: Alfred Lion.
Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded live at the Cafe Bohemia, New York, New York on November 23, 1955. Originally released on Bluenote (1508). Includes liner notes by Bob Blumenthal.
Digitally remastered by Rudy Van Gelder.
This is part of Blue Note's Rudy Van Gelder Editions series.
Personnel: Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Horace Silver (piano); Art Blakey (drums).
Liner Note Author: Bob Blumenthal.
Recording information: Cafe Bohemia, New York, NY (11/23/1955); The Cafe Bohemia, New York, NY (11/23/1955).
Photographer: Francis Wolff.
When Art Blakey invites his audience to "take off your shoes and have a ball" we know that this live set from the Cafe Bohemia will be a swinger. This second volume of Blakey's Jazz Messengers at the famous Greenwich Village nightspot is a defining document of one of the greatest small groups in jazz. Recorded the same night as VOLUME ONE, this set captures the original Messengers line-up--Blakey, Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley and Doug Watkins--in a wailing performance full of swinging grooves, masterful solos and, of course, Blakey's powerful beat.
Mobley's "Sportin' Crowd" kicks off the set with a bang as Blakey asserts a driving beat that kicks his men into high gear. In contrast, the standard "Like Someone In Love," featuring Dorham in the lead, is a delightfully relaxed reading. Dorham, himself, introduces Jerome Kern's "Yesterdays" and blows another sultry lead on this classic tune. Things heat up later with Mobley's "Hanks Symphony," featuring a forceful mambo beat by the leader. Another highlight comes later with "Avila & Tequila," a Latin extravaganza featuring everybody on percussion. Finally, the smoky "I Waited For You" leads to the Messengers' closing theme and enthusiastic applause.