Hold On, I'm Coming (Art Blakey album) explained

Hold On, I'm Coming
Type:Studio
Artist:Art Blakey
Cover:Hold On, I'm Coming (album).jpg
Released:September 1966[1]
Recorded:May 12, 1965 and May 27, 1966
Venue:New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:34:29
Label:Limelight
Producer:Jack Tracy and Luchi DeJesus
Chronology:Art Blakey
Prev Title:Buttercorn Lady
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Jazz Messengers '70
Next Year:1970

Hold On, I'm Coming is an album by drummer Art Blakey recorded in 1966 (with one track left over from the Gary Bartz debut recording session in 1965 for the album Soul Finger) and originally released on the Limelight label.[2] [3]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars, stating: "Ultimately, this is a very enjoyable if not mindblowing soul-jazz date that offers a very relaxed and subtle view of Blakey."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Daydream" (John Sebastian) - 3:06
  2. "Hold On! I'm Comin'" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:34
  3. "Secret Agent Man" (Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan) - 2:57
  4. "I Can't Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree" (Camille Monte, Estelle Levitt) - 2:14
  5. "Walking My Cat Named Dog" (Norma Tanega) - 1:51
  6. "Sakeena" (Art Blakey) - 3:43
  7. "Got My Mojo Working" (McKinley Morganfield) - 3:20
  8. "Mame" (Jerry Herman) - 2:59
  9. "She Blew a Good Thing" (Henry Murray Jr., Ronnie Lewis) - 2:18
  10. "Monday, Monday" (John Phillips) - 2:20
  11. "Slowly But Surely" (John Hicks) - 7:07

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard. September 17, 1966.
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/#limelight-lm-82038 Art Blakey discography
  3. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology
  4. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed June 10, 2013.

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