Mirage (Art Blakey album)
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Track listing
- "Casino" (GryceGigi GryceGigi Gryce was an American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band bandleader.His performing career was relatively short and, in comparison to other musicians of his...
) – 5:03 - "The Biddie Griddies" (Draper) – 5:59
- "Potpourri" (Waldron) – 4:23
- "Ugh!" (Draper) – 5:36
- "Mirage" (Waldron) – 4:42
- "Reflections on Buhaina" (Draper) – 6:50
- "Reflections on Buhaina" (Draper) – 4:13 Bonus track on CD re-issue.
Personnel
- Art BlakeyArt BlakeyArthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
– drums - Jackie McLeanJackie McLeanJohn Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.-Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
– alto saxophone - Bill HardmanBill HardmanWilliam Franklin Hardman, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop.-Biography:...
– trumpet - Sam DockerySam DockerySam Dockery was a hard bop pianist and well-respected musician on the Philadelphia jazz scene since the early 1950s. He appears on 11 recordings as the pianist for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and composed "Sam's Tune" which appears on their 1957 Blue Note recording, Ritual. In 1963 he was the...
– piano - Spanky DeBrestSpanky DeBrestJimmy "Spanky" DeBrest was an American jazz bassist.DeBrest played with Lee Morgan in his early years in Philadelphia. In 1957 he was a member of Ray Draper's Quintet, Jackie McLean, pianist Mal Waldron, and drummer Ben Dixon.He played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers until 1958, including...
– bass