Killer Joe (George Kawaguchi & Art Blakey album)

Killer Joe
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Studio album by
George Kawaguchi and Art Blakey
Released1982
RecordedDecember 4, 1981
Columbia Studio B, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelUnion Jazz
ULP-5001
ProducerTeo Macero
Art Blakey chronology
Straight Ahead
(1981)
Killer Joe
(1982)
Keystone 3
(1982)

Killer Joe is an album by drummer Art Blakey with Japanese drummer George Kawaguchi recorded in 1981 and originally released on the Japanese Union Jazz label but later released on Storyville in the US.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2.5/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that "This unusual LP finds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers adding a second drummer, the fine Japanese player George Kawaguchi, to a set featuring three standards and two Kawaguchi pieces... Fine music, although a bit of an oddity".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by George Kawaguchi except as indicated

  1. "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 10:00
  2. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:15
  3. "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:47
  4. "Tin Tin Teo" - 6:41
  5. "Big Apple Jump" - 6:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013
  2. ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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