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'''A Night at Birdland Vol. 1''' is a 1954 release by jazz artist Art Blakey. It was first released by Blue Note Records (#32146-2) and has seen subsequent reissuses on CD since 1987 from that same label. All of the music has also since been reissued as part of a Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic Records. With the July 31, 2001 release, two additional tracks were added, an alternate take of ''Wee-Dot'' and an improvisational piece titled ''Blues.''
The recording was conducted by Alfred Lion and Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel

Reception

References

Miscellanea

Track listing

#"Announcement By Pee Wee Marquette" – 0:58
#"Split Kick" (Silver) – 8:44
#"Once In A While" (Edwards, Green) – 5:18
#"Quicksilver" (Silver) – 6:58
#"A Night In Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 9:20
#"Mayreh" (Silver) – 6:19
#"Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (Johnson, Parker) – 6:53
#"Blues (Improvisation)" (traditional) – 8:37

Personnel

'Art Blakey Quintet:'

★ Art Blakey - drums

★ Clifford Brown - trumpet

★ Lou Donaldson - saxophone (alto)

★ Curley Russell - bass

★ Horace Silver - piano
'Production:'

★ Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather - liner notes

★ Michael Cuscuna - reissue producer

★ John Hermansader, Reid Miles - cover design

★ Alfred Lion - producer

★ Ron McMaster - digital transfers

★ Rudy Van Gelder - engineer, mastering

★ Francis Wolff - photography

Reception

The two albums that were released from the Birdland are considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be part of their "core collection." Allaboutjazz.com reviewer said it simply with "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."^[1] All Music Guide mentions that, on this first album, "all of the participants [are] in inspired form. Classic bop."^[2]

References

1. A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2 Michael Fortuna
2. A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 Scott Yanow

Miscellanea

The spoken announcement by Pee Wee Marquette is sampled in the famous US3 song "Cantaloop"