Feeling Good

by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey

Overview

After nearly a decade of relative stability, the turnover in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers greatly increased during the veteran drummer's last four years. This was not due to dissatisfaction with his dedication to hard bop and hard-swinging but to Blakey's desire to play with as many of the promising young jazzmen as possible. The CD Feeling Good, The Jazz Messengers' only recording from 1986-87, features a septet with trumpeter Wallace Roney, altoist Kenny Garrett and holdovers Jean Toussaint (on tenor), trombonist Tim Williams and pianist Donald Brown. The repertoire includes both new originals and a few Messenger standbys; the music is consistently enjoyable. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/1992
Label:	Delos
UPC:	0013491400723
Rank:	2782

Tracks

1. On the Ginza
2. Feeling Good
3. Minor's Holiday
4. Second Thoughts
5. Caravan
6. Crooked Smile
7. One by One
8. Obsession

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers   Primary Artist
Art Blakey   Primary Artist,Drums
Tim "T-Bone" Williams   Trombone
Donald Brown   Piano
Jean Toussaint   Sax (Tenor)
Peter Washington   Bass
Kenny Garrett   Sax (Alto)
Wallace Roney   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Irving Mills   Composer
Amelia S. Haygood   Executive Producer,Producer
Vesa Klemetti   Photography
Tom Copi   Photography,Cover Photo
Jerome Stine   Assistant Engineer
Matt Brady   Assistant Engineer
Jean Toussaint   Composer
Wayne Shorter   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Lupe DeLeon   Producer
James Isaacs   Liner Notes
Mulgrew Miller   Composer
Danny Kopelson   Engineer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Kenny Dorham   Composer
Wallace Roney   Composer
Orrin Keepnews   Producer