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1960 studio album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
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[1]
Ritual is a studio album by the
Jazz Messengers featuring
Art Blakey . Three years after being recorded, it was first released on the
Pacific Jazz Records label as PJM-402,
[2] and reissued by them in 1962, with an
Elmo Hope session, as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers/The Elmo Hope Quintet* Featuring Harold Land as PJ-33.
[3] It has been reissued on
CD .
[4]
This later CD, however, features all the recordings from the original Ritual release, plus the Blakey album Once Upon a Groove , which featured two additional songs recorded in the same 1957 sessions, but not released for several decades (as Blue Note LT-1065). This album is highlighted by hard-swinging sounds from saxophonist
Jackie McLean , who previously made his debut with
Miles Davis in 1951, and trumpeter
Bill Hardman , who played with
Charles Mingus during the previous year earlier in 1956.
Track listing
"Sam's Tune" (
Sam Dockery ) – 5:52
"Scotch Blues" (
Duke Jordan ) – 8:31
"Once Upon a Groove" (Owen Eugene Marshall) – 8:36
"Art Blakey's Comments on Ritual" (
Art Blakey ) – 1:55
"Ritual" (
Art Blakey ) – 9:59
"Touche" (
Mal Waldron ) – 6:16
"Wake Up!" (
Lee Sears ) – 5:04
"Little T." (
Donald Byrd )- 8:46 from Once Upon a Groove
"Exhibit A" (
Art Blakey ,
Lee Sears ) – 6:44 from Once Upon a Groove
Note: Among many re-issues and compilations, tracks 3, 4, 5, and 6 were re-issued in 1957 on
Jazztone's
Jazz Messages
Personnel
The Jazz Mesengers
Production
George Avakian – original producer
Richard Bock – engineer
Michael Cuscuna – liner notes
Ron McMaster – digital transfers
John Altoon – cover art
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Soundtrack albums Art Blakey solo albums Related
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section.
As leader or co-leader With others
The Happy Blues (
Gene Ammons , 1956)
Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
Hard Bop (
Art Blakey /
The Jazz Messengers , 1956)
Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
Back to the Tracks (
Tina Brooks , 1960)
2 Guitars (
Kenny Burrell &
Jimmy Raney , 1957)
Off to the Races (
Donald Byrd , 1958)
Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
Cool Struttin' (
Sonny Clark , 1958)
Dig (
Miles Davis , 1951)
Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
Davis Cup (
Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)
Inta Somethin' (
Kenny Dorham , 1961)
Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
Tuba Sounds (
Ray Draper , 1957)
2 Trumpets (
Art Farmer , 1957)
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)
To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
Pithecanthropus Erectus (
Charles Mingus , 1956)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
Mobley's Message (
Hank Mobley , Prestige, 1956)
Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
Evolution (
Grachan Moncur III , 1963)
Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
The Music From "The Connection" (
Freddie Redd , 1960)
Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
Open House (
Jimmy Smith , 1960)
Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
Mal/2 (
Mal Waldron , 1957)
Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
Easterly Winds (
Jack Wilson , 1967)
Film and TV appearances