Gypsy Folk Tales Explained

Gypsy Folk Tales
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Cover:	Gypsy Folk Tales.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	February 14–17 & 28 and March 1, 1977 Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Roulette SR 5008
Producer:	Fred Bailin
Prev Title:	Backgammon
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	In My Prime Vol. 1
Next Year:	1977

Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

1. "Jodi" - 10:15
2. "Cami" - 6:55
3. "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
4. "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
5. "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
6. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
7. "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
8. "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Valery Ponomarev - trumpet
• Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
• David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
• Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
• Dennis Irwin - bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/#roulette-sr-5008 Art Blakey discography
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 18, 2013