Jazz AOTW Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - ONE FOR ALL (CD-5329)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
ONE FOR ALL
A&M CD-5329

Released 1990

Format: CD/Cassette

Produced by John Snyder
Executive Producer: Steve Ralbovsky

Songs:

• 1. Here We Go (Art Blakey) - :28
  2. One For All (And All For One) (Steve Davis) - 6:40
  • Arranged by Steve Davis
  3. Theme For Penny (Javon Jackson) - 6:30
  • Arranged by Javon Jackson
  4. You've Changed (Carl Fischer/Bill Carey) - 7:13
  • Features Javon Jackson
  5. Accidentally Yours (Geoffrey Keezer) - 5:10
  • Arranged by Geoffrey Keezer
  Medley:
  6. My Little Brown Book (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:43
  7. Blame It On My Youth (Edward Hayman/Oscar Levant) - 1:45
  8. It Could Happen To You (Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Huesen) - 3:53
  • Features Geoffrey Keezer
  9. Green Is Mean (Brian Lynch) - 5:25
  • Arranged by Brian Lynch
  10. I'll Wait And Pray (Gerald Valentine/George Treadwell) - 7:32
  • Features Brian Lynch
  11. Logarhythms (Art Blakey) - 2:26
  12. Bunyip (Dale Barlow) - 6:38
  • Arranged by Dale Barlow
  13. Polkadots And Moonbeams (Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Huesen) - 4:21
  • Features Dale Barlow
  14. Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce/Basheer Qusan) - 6:27
  • Arranged by Gigi Gryce

Musicians:
Art Blakey (Abdullah Ibn Buhaina) - Drums
Dale Barlow - Tenor Saxophone
Javon Jackson - Tenor Saxophone
Brian Lynch - Trumpet
Steve Davis - Trombone
Geoffrey Keezer - Piano
Essiet O. Essiet - Bass

Recorded April 10 and 11, 1990, BMG Studios, New York City.
Engineered by Joe Lopes and Jay Newland.
Mixed April 20, 21 and 23, 1990, BMG Studios, New York City.
Engineered by Jay Newland.
Mastered by Joe Lopes at BMG Studios, New York City.
Recorded to 24 track analog (Dolby A), mixed to Sony-R-Dat, mastered to Sony 1630.

Special thanks to Daniel Toussaint and Murray Becker.

Art Direction: Chuck Beeson with Ph.D
Design: Ph.D
Photography: Carol Friedman (cover), Teri Bloom (session)
Liner notes: Peter Keepnews



Capt. Bacardi

Talk about going out with a bang! Art Blakey delivered the goods on this outing, only to pass away a few months afterwards. The group is solid throughout and the arrangements really swing. Trombonist Steve Davis stands out on his own "One For All", my favorite track. Another strong tune is one of my all-time favorite ballads "Polkadots And Moonbeams" with a gorgeous tenor solo by Dale Barlow. Bu even gets in some strong drum work on "Logarhythms". Definitely a CD worth getting!


Capt. Bacardi

Did you ever wonder if it was a plot? Wes Montgomery's last album was for A&M. So was Art Blakey's. And weren't a few others as well?

Yep. Stan Getz's last studio album (Apasionado) was on A&M. Sun Ra and Gerry Mulligan also passed after their A&M releases, but I'll have to check on those dates.

Okay, I was off a bit. Sun Ra died in 1993 (4 years after his last A&M release) and Mulligan in 1996.

"A&M. -- A jazz-great's last stop before heading to the big gig in the sky..."

(Hey -- it beats my first draft: "A&M -- Where jazz greats go to die."