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The Big Beat is an album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded on March 6, 1960 and released on Blue Note later that year. The quintet features horn section Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter and rhythm section Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt and Blakey.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "The Chess Players" (Shorter) – 9:31
  2. "Sakeena's Vision" (Shorter) – 6:04
  3. "Politely" (Hardman) – 6:04

Side 2

  1. "Dat Dere" (Timmons) – 8:47
  2. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 6:26
  3. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) – 6:38

CD reissue bonus track

  2. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (alternate take) – 6:19

Personnel

The Jazz Messengers

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ The Big Beat at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Beat_(Art_Blakey_album)
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