A Night at Birdland Vol. 1

A Night at Birdland Vol. 1
Live album by Art Blakey
Released	July 1954 (10"); August 1956 (12")[1]
Recorded	February 21, 1954
Venue	Birdland, New York City
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Length	21:58
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Art Blakey chronology
Original 12" cover
Second 12" cover

A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 is a 1954 release by jazz artist Art Blakey, and a quintet which featured Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver and Curly Russell. It was first released by Blue Note Records as a 10" LP (BLP 5037) and then as a 12" LP (BLP 1521) containing material from the second 10" album. It was reissued for the first time on CD in 1987 with two additional tracks (an alternate take of Wee-Dot and an improvisational piece titled Blues), previously released on a 2 LP Compilation in 1975 called Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2). The CD was reissued again in 2001 as an "RVG Edition" remastered by Rudy Van Gelder with the tracks in a different order. The 1987 CD used the second 12" LP cover, the 2001 CD revived the original 10" LP cover.[2]

All of the music surfaced as part of a Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic Records (MR5-104) and a complete Clifford Brown set put out by Capitol has also appeared.

The recording was produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note. The reissues were produced by Michael Cuscuna. The spoken announcement by Pee Wee Marquette is sampled in the US3 song "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"

Track listing

10" LP

Side 1
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"		0:58
2.	"Split Kick"	Horace Silver	8:44

Side 2
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Once in a While"	Bud Green	Michael Edwards	5:18
2.	"Quicksilver"		Horace Silver	6:58

12" LP

Side 1
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"			0:58
2.	"Split Kick"		Horace Silver	8:44
3.	"Once in a While"	Bud Green	Michael Edwards	5:18
4.	"Quicksilver"		Horace Silver	6:58

Side 2
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"A Night in Tunisia" (Originally released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 [BLP 5038])	Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	9:20
2.	"Mayreh" (Originally released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 [BLP 5038])	Horace Silver	6:19
Total length:			37:37

CD Reissues

1987 Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"			0:58
2.	"Split Kick"		Horace Silver	8:44
3.	"Once in a While"	Bud Green	Michael Edwards	5:18
4.	"Quicksilver"		Horace Silver	6:58
5.	"Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])		J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	6:53
6.	"Blues (Improvisation)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])		Traditional	8:37
7.	"A Night in Tunisia"		Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	9:20
8.	"Mayreh"		Horace Silver	6:19
Total length:				53:07

2001 RVG Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Announcement by Pee Wee Marquette"			0:58
2.	"Split Kick"		Horace Silver	8:44
3.	"Once in a While"	Bud Green	Michael Edwards	5:18
4.	"Quicksilver"		Horace Silver	6:58
5.	"A Night in Tunisia"		Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	9:20
6.	"Mayreh"		Horace Silver	6:19
7.	"Wee-Dot (alternate take)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])		J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	6:53
8.	"Blues (Improvisation)" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])		Traditional	8:37
Total length:				53:07

Personnel

Art Blakey Quintet:

Production:

Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather — liner notes
Michael Cuscuna — reissue producer
John Hermansader or Reid Miles — cover design
Alfred Lion — producer
Ron McMaster — digital transfers (1987)
Rudy Van Gelder — engineer, mastering (1954 and 2001)
Francis Wolff — photography

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Tom Hull	A–[5]

The two albums that were released from the Birdland sessions are considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be part of their "core collection." A reviewer for allaboutjazz.com said simply that "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."[6] Allmusic mentions that, on this first album, "all of the participants [are] in inspired form. Classic bop."[7]

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References

Billboard Sep 1, 1956
A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 at Discogs (list of releases)
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
Michael Fortuna. "A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
Scott Yanow. "A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

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[1] Billboard Sep 1, 1956

[2] A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 at Discogs (list of releases)

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[5] Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940–50s) (Reference)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

[6] Michael Fortuna. "A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

[7] Scott Yanow. "A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

Clifford Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums issued as leader	Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953 [1956]) Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956]) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956]) Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
Co-led/ with Max Roach	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Daahoud (1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)
Sideman with others	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Helen Merrill (1954) Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

Horace Silver
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
With others	Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994) Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950) Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954) Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/ Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954) Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54) When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51) Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955) Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955) Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) J. R. Monterose (1956) Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles	"Opus de Funk" (1953) "The Preacher"/"Doodlin'" (1955/54) "Señor Blues" (1956) "Sister Sadie" (1959) "Nica's Dream" (1960) "Song for My Father" (1964)
Discography