Buttercorn Lady

Buttercorn Lady
Live album by Art Blakey and The New Jazz Messengers
Released 1966
Recorded January 1 & 9, 1966
The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California
Genre Jazz
Length 40:52
Label Limelight
LM 82034
Producer Jack Tracy
Art Blakey chronology
Soul Finger
(1965)
Buttercorn Lady
(1966)
Hold On, I'm Coming
(1966)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Soul Finger
(1965)
Buttercorn Lady
(1966)
Jazz Messengers '70
(1970)

Buttercorn Lady is a live album by drummer Art Blakey's New Jazz Messengers recorded at The Lighthouse in 1966 and originally released on the Limelight label.[1][2] It is notable for being the first commercial recording featuring Keith Jarrett, who had joined Blakey's band a few months earlier.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "this particular version of The Jazz Messengers only had the opportunity to record this one excellent live LP (which is currently out of print) but proved to be a worthy successor to their more acclaimed predecessors".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Chuck Mangione except as indicated

  1. "Buttercorn Lady" - 3:10
  2. "Recuerdo" - 14:20
  3. "The Theme" (Miles Davis) - 2:20
  4. "Between Races" - 4:32
  5. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:07
  6. "Secret Love" (Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain) - 9:00

Personnel

References

  1. Art Blakey discography accessed June 6, 2013
  2. Art Blakey chronology accessed June 6, 2013
  3. Carr, Ian. Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music, 1992 (discography section) ISBN 0-586-09219-6
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 6, 2013
  5. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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