Artist:   THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

Title:   “A Night at Café Bohemia, Volume 2”        

Label:   BLUE NOTE ~# BLP 1508.  Monaural pressing on heavy vinyl, with FLAT EDGE. 

Label address on both sides is “BLUE NOTE RECORDS *767 LEXINGTON AVE* NYC” .

“RVG” is etched in the runout groove on both sides.   

Plastylite (“ear”) symbol is stamped in the runout groove on both sides.

“Frame” style jacket, displays the following address on the reverse:  “For Complete Catalog Write to BLUE NOTE RECORDS, 767 Lexington Ave., New York 21”

Year:  1955

Personnel:  

Kenny Dorham – trumpet

Hank Mobley – tenor sax

Horace Silver – piano

Doug Watkins – bass

Art Blakey - drums. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is nice VG+ with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There is some minor scuffing that produce very soft tics in a couple places, but no loud clicks or distractions.  Plays very enjoyably with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  A very nice playing copy.

JACKET:   Jacket is nice VG to VG+.   Front panel is clean and bright; has some light ring wear.  Top seam and spine are nice; bottom seam has rubbing wear along the entirety, and a minor split (approximately 2 inches) at the center.  Reverse has some ring wear and some staining at the bottom.  There is no writing or stickers.  Far from perfect, but still quite presentable.

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Track Listing: 

Side One:

Sportin’ Crowd Like Someone in Love Yesterdays  

Side Two:

Avila and Tequila I Waited for You

Review:

“Volume deux of the 1955 Cafe Bohemia sessions from Art Blakey's second edition Jazz Messengers is better than the first.  The music is more energetic, cohesive, and pushes the hard bop farther.  Where the first volume featured compositions of newly recruited trumpeter Kenny Dorham, it is tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley asserting himself on the bandstand with his set pieces that formed the foundation of the first studio edition of the quintet that included Donald Byrd.  Here, Mobley does not defer to Dorham, pushing his sound forward without compromising his vision.  "Sportin' Crowd" is definitely an ear opener, a straight-ahead, hard bop gem based on the changes of the Sonny Rollins' classic "Tenor Madness."  A live version of "Hank's Symphony" -- recapitulated from the studio version on the original Jazz Messengers' LP for the Columbia label -- has an Asian and calypso flair with many accented notes and a secondary melody.  The killer track is Mobley's "Avila & Tequila," drenched in Blakey's churning Afro-Cuban beats, filled with multiple modal devices especially from Horace Silver, and charges ahead as if there was no tomorrow -- a truly memorable and vital performance.  The other tracks may seem to pale by comparison, but the easy, bluesy "Like Someone in Love," a short ballad version of "Yesterdays" finally featuring trumpeter Dorham, and Mobley's luscious tenor during the ultimate tearjerker "I Waited for You" offer stark contrast while losing no internal intensity.  It is on "Just One of Those Things" where the band really straightens up and convenes in tandem, a solid cohesion where Dorham and Mobley work like an effortless, major league shortstop and second base double-play combination.  "Gone with the Wind" finishes this set in soulful, legato, dispassionate refrains.  This is a more consistent effort than the first volume, with a much anticipated, late-night set still on the horizon.

(courtesy Michael G. Nastos, allmusic.com.)

 

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