Africaine


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 Davis, [Jr">Walter Davis, Jr.">Davis, [Jr.] and bassist Jymie Merritt.

Reception

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

  1. "Africaine" – 7:57
  2. "Lester Left Town" – 8:35
  3. "Splendid" – 7:46
  4. "Haina" – 10:17
  5. "The Midget" – 6:00
  6. "Celine" – 4:50

Personnel