| Gypsy Folk Tales | ||||
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Studio album by
Art Blakey and the
Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | February 14–17 & 28 and March 1, 1977 Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label |
Roulette SR 5008 | |||
| Producer | Fred Bailin | |||
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
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Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label. [1] [2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   
[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |
[4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh". [3]
Track listing
All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated
- "Jodi" - 10:15
- "Cami" - 6:55
- "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
- "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
- "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
- "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
- "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
- "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42
Personnel
- Art Blakey - drums
- Valery Ponomarev - trumpet
- Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
- David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
- Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
- Dennis Irwin - bass
References
- ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 18, 2013
- ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 18, 2013
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 18, 2013
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
