Hard Drive (Art Blakey album) explained

Hard Drive
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
Cover:	Hard Drive (Art Blakey album).jpg
Released:	Early December 1957^[1]
Recorded:	October 9 & 11, 1957
Studio:	New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:51
Label:	Bethlehem BCP 6023
Producer:	Lee Kraft
Chronology:	Art Blakey
Prev Title:	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Art Blakey Big Band
Next Year:	1957

Hard Drive is an album by drummer Art Blakey with The Jazz Messengers recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Bethlehem label. ^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The music on this album is typical hard bop of the period, well played and full of enthusiasm and fire".^[4]

Track listing

1. "For Minors Only" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:49
2. "Right Down Front" (Johnny Griffin) - 4:31
3. "Deo-X" (Bill Hardman) - 5:50
4. "Sweet Sakeena" (Hardman) - 5:06
5. "For Miles and Miles" (Heath) - 5:24
6. "Krafty" (Griffin) - 6:35
7. "Late Spring" (Leon Mitchell) - 5:36

• Recorded in New York City on October 9 (track 3) and October 11 (tracks 1, 2 & 4–7), 1957

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
  • • Bill Hardman - trumpet Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone Junior Mance (tracks 1, 2 & 4–7), Sam Dockery (track 3) - piano
• Spanky DeBrest - bass

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=xR0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=BCP+6023&pg=PA25 Billboard Dec 23, 1957
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/album-index/#bethlehem-bcp-6023 Art Blakey discography
3. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 5, 2013