A Jazz Message

A Jazz Message
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	February 1964
Recorded	July 16, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:11
Label	Impulse! A-45
Producer	Bob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
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A Jazz Message is a jazz album recorded by Art Blakey's Quartet in 1964. The album is Blakey's second and last album for the Impulse! label.

Track listing

1. "Cafe" (Blakey, Stitt) – 5:37
2. "Just Knock On My Door" (Blakey, Stitt) – 7:00
3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:42
4. "Blues Back" (Tyner) – 5:23
5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Nick Drake, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 7:23
6. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:06

Personnel

• Art Blakey – drums
• Sonny Stitt – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (2, 4, 6)
• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Art Davis – bass

Production notes:

• Bob Thiele – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer