A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 Live album by Art Blakey Released 1954 Recorded February 21, 1954 Birdland, New York City Genre Jazz, Hard bop Length 37:37 Label Blue Note BLP 5037, BLP 1521 Producer Alfred Lion Art Blakey chronology Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (1953) A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) 12" LP reissue cover
A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 is a 1954 release by jazz artist Art Blakey. It was first released by Blue Note Records as a 10" LP (BLP 5037) and then as a 12" LP (BLP 1521) containing material from the third 10" album. It has seen subsequent reissues on CD since 1987 from that same label.
All of the music surfaced as part of a Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic Records (MR5-104) and a complete Clifford Brown set put out by Capitol has also appeared. Two previously issued additional tracks not on the original albums (an alternate take of Wee-Dot and an improvisational piece titled Blues) are included.
The recording was produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note. The reissues were produced by Michael Cuscuna. The spoken announcement by Pee Wee Marquette is sampled in the US3 song "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"
Art Blakey – drums Clifford Brown – trumpet Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone Curley Russell – bass Horace Silver – piano
Production:
Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather — liner notes Michael Cuscuna — reissue producer John Hermansader or Reid Miles — cover design Alfred Lion — producer Ron McMaster — digital transfers (1987) Rudy Van Gelder — engineer, mastering (1954 and 2001) Francis Wolff — photography