Gypsy Folk Tales

Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Gypsy Folk Tales
Studio album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released1977
RecordedFebruary 14-17 & 28 and March 1, 1977
Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelRoulette
SR 5008
ProducerFred Bailin
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Backgammon
(1977)		 Gypsy Folk Tales
(1977)		 In My Prime Vol. 1
(1977)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

  1. "Jodi" - 10:15
  2. "Cami" - 6:55
  3. "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
  4. "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
  5. "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
  6. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
  7. "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
  8. "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

Personnel
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References
  1. Art Blakey discography accessed June 18, 2013
  2. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 18, 2013
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 18, 2013
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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