At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 is a 1956 live album release by the Jazz Messengers. It was first released by Blue Note Records. This record featured the original incarnation of The Jazz Messengers, one of Art Blakey's most endearing bands, and was the second of two volumes recorded at Café Bohemia, a famous night club in Greenwich Village in New York, New York on November 23, 1955.
| At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Live album by The Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | April 1956[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 23, 1955 | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 62:15 | |||
| Label | Blue Note Records (1955) | |||
| Producer | Michael Cuscuna Alfred Lion | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Penguin Guide to Jazz |  |
This album, which sees the first version of The Jazz Messengers on record, was noted as not "match[ing] the intensity which the quintet secured at Birdland."[3] Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, in particular, is noted as "a somewhat unfocused stylist."[3] However, trumpeter Kenny Dorham is seen as an "elusive brilliance [that] was seldom so extensively captured" and the playing in general "is just as absorbing" as the Birdland albums and has "influenced jazz up to present time."[3][4]
With the July 31, 2001 CD re-issue, three additional tracks from this night were added: "Just One for Those Things", "Hank´s Symphony" and "Gone With The Wind".
Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Originally By | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Announcement by Art Blakey" | Art Blakey | 0:38 |
| 2. | "Sportin' Crowd" | Hank Mobley | 6:53 |
| 3. | "Like Someone in Love" | Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen | 9:18 |
| 4. | "Yesterdays" | Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Avila and Tequila" | Cole Porter | 12:47 |
| 6 | "I Waited for You" | Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie | 9:47 |
| 7 | "Just One of Those Things" | Cole Porter | 9:28 |
| 8. | "Hank's Symphony" | Hank Mobley | 4:44 |
| 9. | "Gone with the Wind" | Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel | 7:27 |
Personnel
- Art Blakey — drums
- Kenny Dorham — trumpet
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Horace Silver — piano
- Doug Watkins — bass
Production
- Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather — liner notes
- Michael Cuscuna — reissue producer
- John Hermansader — cover design
- Alfred Lion — producer
- Rudy Van Gelder — digital remastering
- Francis Wolff — photography
References
- "Billboard". April 14, 1956.
- Nastos, Michael G.. At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 at AllMusic
- Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). Penguin Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-14-101416-4.
- Scott Yanow. "At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2". Retrieved 2006-11-26.