Art Blakey's Big Band - Art Blakey Big Band

Tracklist

A1	Midriff
A2	Ain't Life Grand
A3	Tippin'
A4	Pristine
B1	El Toro Valiente
B2	The Kiss Of No Return
B3	Late Date
B4	The Outer World

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Bill Graham (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), Sahib Shihab (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4)
• Baritone Saxophone – Bill Slapin* (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4)
• Bass – Wendell Marshall
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Piano – Walter Bishop*
• Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), John Coltrane
• Trombone – Frank Rehak (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), Melba Liston (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4)
• Trumpet – Bill Hardman (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), Donald Byrd, Idrees Sulieman (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4), Ray Copeland (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B4)

Notes

Recorded in New York City, December 1957.

Reviewed as a new release by Alun Morgan, Gramophone magazine, November 1959, p. 256.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BCP-6027	Art Blakey's Big Band	Art Blakey's Big Band ‎(LP, Album)	Bethlehem Records	BCP-6027	US	1958
545101	The Art Blakey Big Band* featuring John Coltrane	The Art Blakey Big Band* featuring John Coltrane - Drum Thunder ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Polydor	545101	UK	1969
BCP-6015	Art Blakey Big Band*	The Finest Of Art Blakey Big Band: The Bethlehem Years ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bethlehem Records	BCP-6015	US	1976
AFF 106	Art Blakey's Big Band and Quintet* Featuring John Coltrane	Art Blakey's Big Band and Quintet* Featuring John Coltrane - Ain't Life Grand ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Affinity	AFF 106	UK	1983
BTM 6819	Art Blakey's Big Band	Art Blakey's Big Band ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bethlehem Records	BTM 6819	France	1982