Africaine
title: "Africaine" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1981-albums", "blue-note-records-albums", "art-blakey-albums", "the-jazz-messengers-albums", "1980s-instrumental-albums", "albums-produced-by-alfred-lion", "albums-recorded-at-van-gelder-studio"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africaine" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Africaine |
| type | studio |
| artist | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |
| cover | Africaine by Art Blakey.jpg |
| released | 1981 |
| recorded | November 10, 1959 |
| studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 45:25 |
| label | Blue Note |
| LT 1088 | |
| producer | Alfred Lion |
| prev_title | Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 |
| prev_year | 1959 |
| next_title | Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| next_year | 1959 |
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| name = Africaine | type = studio | artist = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | cover = Africaine by Art Blakey.jpg | alt = | released = 1981 | recorded = November 10, 1959 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | genre = Jazz | length = 45:25 | label = Blue Note LT 1088 | producer = Alfred Lion | prev_title = Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 | prev_year = 1959 | next_title = Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | next_year = 1959
Africaine is a collection of 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The collection was not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. The album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 26 Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic called it, "a recording that shows a band fully able to fuse many exotically attractive elements into a unified whole of creative jazz music ecstasy".
Track listing
- "Africaine" (Shorter) – 7:57
- "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 8:35
- "Splendid" (Davis) – 7:46
- "Haina" (Morgan) – 10:17
- "The Midget" (Morgan) – 6:00
- "Celine" (Morgan) – 4:50
Personnel
- Art Blakey – drums
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
- Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
- Jymie Merritt – acoustic bass
- Dizzy Reece – conga drums (on tracks 1 & 4)
References
References
- Nichael G. Nastos. "Africaine".
- Nastos, Michael G.. "''Africaine'' – Review".
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