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'S Make It Album Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 'S Make It.jpg 1965 November 15–16, 1964Los Angeles Jazz 35:13 original LP Limelight86001 Jack Tracy Golden Boy 1964 Soul Finger 1965
S Make It (slang for 'Let's go')December 1965 On Record Black World https://books.google.com/books?id=KUIDAAAAMBAJ&q=art+blakey+s+make+it&pg=PA70 15 2 70–71 is a recording by the hard bop Art Blakey jazz ensemble. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1964 and issued on the Limelight label.Art Blakey chronology accessed June 6, 2013Matsubayashi, K. Mercury Records Collection: LS-86001: 'S Make It / Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, accessed January 22, 2018Gourse Leslie Art Blakey: Jazz Messenger https://books.google.com/books?id=4_wJmyQ0W2wC&pg=PA91 15 June 2013 2002 Schirmer Trade Books 978-0-8256-7272-9 91 Following the departure of stars from his 1961 to 1964 band, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Cedar Walton, it includes previous Blakey alumni and newer players.S Make It: Review Ken Dryden Allmusic album s-make-it-mw0000738397 yes 3 June 2013 This was trombonist Curtis Fuller's last recording as a regular member of the group, though he would return to record sporadically with Blakey in the 1970s and 80s. The album was re-released on Verve in 2004.
Reception
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Jeffery S. McMillan has called the release one of Blakey's most underrated works and that it exemplifies his 1964–1965 work.McMillan Jeffery S. DelightfuLee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan https://books.google.com/books?id=ERf2iMC6qMEC&pg=PA143 15 June 2013 2008 University of Michigan Press 978-0-472-03281-5 143 In a review in the December 1965 issue of Black World, the title track is described as "a diabolical concept, a dark image, invoking the innermost caverns of Manhattan." David Rickert calls the album "a fine Messengers album and a good example of the drummer's consistently satisfying work."https://www.allaboutjazz.com/s-make-it-art-blakey-verve-music-group-review-by-david-rickert Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: S Make It Rickert David 15 September 2004 All About Jazz 3 June 2013 Russ Musto referred to the release as a "return to a more soulful sound".https://www.allaboutjazz.com/art-blakey-and-the-jazz-messengers-return-by-russ-musto Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Return Musto Russ 14 December 2004 All About Jazz 3 June 2013 Ken Dryden stated in his Allmusic review that "It's a shame that this was the only recording by this particular lineup of the Jazz Messengers, as [John] Gilmore's strong blowing complements Morgan very well".
Track listing
Faith Stan Freeman/Jack Lawrence 3:46 S Make It Lee Morgan 5:40 Waltz for Ruth John Hicks 5:46 One for Gamal Morgan 3:41 Little Hughie Curtis Fuller 5:35 Olympia Hicks 5:49 Lament for Stacy Morgan 5:12
Personnel
Musicians
Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
John Gilmore – tenor sax
John Hicks – piano
Victor Sproles – bass
Production
Jack Tracy – producer
Ken Druker – executive producer
Pete Romano – engineer
Dave Wiechman – engineer
Kip Smith – mixing
Leonard Feather – liner notes
Don Bronstein – cover photo
References
Category:Art Blakey albums
Category:The Jazz Messengers albums
Category:1965 albums