| Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |
| Cover: | Au Théâtre Des Champs-Élysées.jpg |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Recorded: | November 15, 1959 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France |
| Genre: | Hard bop |
| Length: | 33:55 |
| Label: | RCA (France) 430.054 |
| Producer: | Marcel Romano |
| Prev Title: | Africaine |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Paris Jam Session |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a live album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on November 15, 1959, and originally released on the French RCA Records label.[1] The first official release of this material on CD was in the 2015 Sony box set, The Complete Columbia and RCA Albums Collection, with three bonus tracks.
Allmusic gave the album 3 stars with Ken Dryden's review stating: "Most of the four pieces featured give the band a chance to stretch out and are the typical high-energy performances one has come to expect from bands led by the veteran drummer... The rather muddy sound of this live recording is somewhat disappointing ...therefore, it is worth the investment for obsessive Art Blakey collectors, while most jazz fans will gravitate to better-sounding releases first".
Bonus tracks on The Complete Columbia and RCA Albums Collection: