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Art Blakey Quintet – A Night At Birdland Volume 1
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Art Blakey Quintet – A Night At Birdland Volume 1 (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1977, No OBI

$65.00 - $65.00
$65.00
$65.00 - $65.00
$65.00
Condition: Second Hand
Ships from: Melbourne
Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Comments: Japanese pressing. Includes insert, no obi.
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  • A Night At Birdland Volume 1 is an LP by Art Blakey Quintet from 1977 released on the Blue Note label.

    About this album

    A Night at Birdland, Volume 1 is a landmark hard bop live recording that shows Art Blakey’s Quintet helping redefine modern jazz in real time. Captured at Birdland in 1954 and released in 1956, the set presents Blakey’s powerhouse drumming alongside a frontline of Clifford Brown and Lou Donaldson, with Horace Silver on piano anchoring the groove. Its mix of drive, swing and bebop fluency made it one of the defining documents of the hard bop era. Performances such as "Split Kick" and "A Night in Tunisia" showcase the group’s precision, invention and excitement, and the album remains widely regarded as essential listening in jazz history.

    Genre: Jazz

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  • Artist: Art Blakey Quintet
    Label: Blue Note – GXF 3003(M)
    Format: LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono
    Units: 1
    Country: Japan
    Released: 1977
    Genre: Jazz
    Style: Hard Bop

  • A1 Split Kick
    A2 Once In A While
    A3 Quicksilver
    B1 A Night In Tunisia
    B2 Mayreh