Name: The Legacy of Art Blakey *
Brand: Telarc Jazz Zone
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The Legacy of Art Blakey *

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Album: The Legacy of Art Blakey *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	One by One
2)	la Mode, A
3)	Whisper Not
4)	Oh, By the Way
5)	Plexus
6)	Blues March

Album: The Legacy of Art Blakey *

Song Title

Time

One by One

la Mode, A

Whisper Not

Oh, By the Way

Plexus

Blues March

Performer Notes

Jazz Messengers: Benny Golson (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet) Curtis Fuller (trombone); Geoff Keezer (piano); Peter Washington (bass); Lewis Nash (drums).
Recorded live at the Iridium, New York, New York on November 7-9, 1997. Includes liner notes by Myles Weinstein.
Seven years after drummer Art Blakey's death, a Jazz Messengers reunion group was formed for a tour and this recording. Led by tenor saxophonist Benny Golson (who acts as the band's musical director), the sextet also includes trumpeter Terence Blanchard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Geoff Keezer, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash (in Blakey's spot). Together they perform Wayne Shorter's "One By One," and Cedar Walton's "Plexus," and compositions by Blanchard and Fuller, plus a pair (including "Blues March") by Golson. The overall results are predictable and very much in the hard bop tradition but full of spirit, not so much adding on to Art Blakey's legacy as much as simply revisiting it. ~ Scott Yanow