Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.[1][2]

Gypsy Folk Tales
Studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Released	1977
Recorded	February 14–17 & 28 and March 1, 1977 Sound Ideas Studio A, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Roulette SR 5008
Producer	Fred Bailin
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Backgammon (1977) Gypsy Folk Tales (1977) In My Prime Vol. 1 (1977)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

1. "Jodi" - 10:15
2. "Cami" - 6:55
3. "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
4. "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
5. "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
6. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
7. "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
8. "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Valery Ponomarev - trumpet
• Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
• David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
• Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
• Dennis Irwin - bass

References