Originally

---

title: "Originally" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["art-blakey-albums", "the-jazz-messengers-albums", "1982-albums", "columbia-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Originally" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]

Field	Value
name	Originally
type	Studio
artist	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
cover	Originally.jpg
released	1982
recorded	April 5, May 4, June 25 and December 12, 1956
New York City
genre	Jazz
label	Columbia
FC 38036
producer	Alan Douglas
chronology	The Jazz Messengers
prev_title	The Jazz Messengers
prev_year	1956
next_title	Hard Bop
next_year	1956
::

| name = Originally | type = Studio | artist = Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers | cover = Originally.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = April 5, May 4, June 25 and December 12, 1956 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Columbia FC 38036 | producer = Alan Douglas | chronology = The Jazz Messengers | prev_title = The Jazz Messengers | prev_year = 1956 | next_title = Hard Bop | next_year = 1956 Originally is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1956, but not released on the Columbia label until 1982. The album features unreleased tracks from the sessions that produced The Jazz Messengers and Hard Bop which have since been released as bonus tracks on those albums and Drum Suite.

Reception

| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev2Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen |url-access=registration | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 26 AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "This LP contains valuable performances by the early Jazz Messengers that sat unissued until decades later.... Although not an essential set, Art Blakey fans will find this album to be a valuable gapfiller in the history of The Jazz Messengers".

Track listing

1. "Late Show" (Hank Mobley) - 7:08
2. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:52
3. "Weird-O" (Mobley) - 7:05
4. "Carol's Interlude" [Alternative Take] (Mobley) - 6:14
5. "Lil' T" (Donald Byrd) - 8:08
6. "The New Message" (Byrd) - 8:38
7. "Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Summertime/Someone to Watch Over Me/The Man I Love" (George Gershwin) - 4:51

• Recorded in New York City on April 5 (tracks 1 & 2), May 4 (tracks 3 & 4), June 25 (tracks 5 & 6), and December 12 (track 7), 1956

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Donald Byrd (tracks 1–6), Bill Hardman (track 7) - trumpet
• Hank Mobley (tracks 1–4), Ira Sullivan (tracks 5 & 6) - tenor saxophone
• Jackie McLean - alto saxophone (track 7)
• Horace Silver (tracks 1–4), Kenny Drew (tracks 5 & 6), Sam Dockery (track 7) - piano
• Doug Watkins (tracks 1–4), Wilbur Ware (tracks 5 & 6), Spanky DeBrest (track 7) - bass

References

References

1. [http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/album-index/#columbia-cl-1040 Art Blakey discography] accessed June 4, 2013
2. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology] accessed June 4, 2013
3. Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/originally-mw0000865228 Allmusic Review], accessed June 26, 2013

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::