Mosaic is a 1961 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers on Blue Note Records. The album's performers included: Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass) and Art Blakey (drums). They recorded and performed together from 1961 into 1964. Hubbard and Walton became permanent members of the group following the 1961 departures of trumpeter Lee Morgan and pianist Bobby Timmons. The Mosaic recording session featured no alternate takes and, therefore, has yielded no bonus material in reissue.

Mosaic
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	End of January 1962[1]
Recorded	October 2, 1961
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:16
Label	Blue Note BST 84090
Producer	Alfred Lion
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (1961) Mosaic (1962) Buhaina's Delight (1963)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "Mosaic" (Walton) - 8:13
2. "Down Under" (Hubbard) - 5:29
3. "Children of the Night" (Shorter) - 8:51
4. "Arabia" (Fuller) - 9:10
5. "Crisis" (Hubbard) - 8:33

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
• Curtis Fuller - trombone
• Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Jymie Merritt - bass

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