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Jazz Messengers!!!!! is a 1961 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Impulse! Records. Expanding to a sextet for the first time, it was the group's final recording with Bobby Timmons, who would be replaced by Cedar Walton.

Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Studio album by Art Blakey
Released	September 1, 1961
Recorded	June 13, 1961 (#3, 5) June 14, 1961 (#1-2, 4, 6)
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:00
Label	Impulse! A-7
Producer	Bob Thiele
Art Blakey chronology
A Night in Tunisia (1961) Jazz Messengers!!!!! (1961) Mosaic (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)
Down Beat	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
Tom Hull	B+[4]

Reception

In his DownBeat review of January 4, 1962, critic Ira Gitler commented: "This is a change of pace from most recent Messenger releases. There is only one original; the rest are standards that have not been overdone."[2] AllMusic reviewer Steven McDonald described it as: "An absolutely wonderful 1961 set from Blakey and company, who demonstrate here how to be note-perfect without leeching away the emotion of a performance."[1]

Track listing

1. "À la Mode" (Curtis Fuller) — 6:40
2. "Invitation" (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) — 7:25
3. "Circus" (Lou Alter, Bob Russell) — 5:12
4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) — 6:55
5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) — 6:30
6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) — 5:00

Personnel

• Art Blakey — drums
• Lee Morgan — trumpet
• Curtis Fuller — trombone
• Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
• Bobby Timmons — piano
• Jymie Merritt — bass

References

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