Art Blakey

• 3 ORIGINAL ALBUMS LPs ON 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS!

• 12 PAGE BOOKLET

This release contains tThe complete soundtrack music recorded by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for the French films Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons, 1959, directed by Roger Vadim), and "Des Femmes Disparaissent" (Women Disappear, 1958, directed by Édouard Molinaro). Featured are such stars as Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Barney Wilen, Bobby Timmons, and Blakey himself.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses‘s score was composed by pianist Duke Jordan, who also recorded an album with the soundtrack music (Charlie Parker Records LP-813-S), included here in its entirety, which also features Charlie Rouse, and Art Taylor. Quintet versions of two of the film’s best songs, “No Problem” and “Miguel’s Party” recorded in Paris in 1959 by a quintet fronted by Clark Terry, Barney Wilen and Bud Powell, have been added here as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
• CD 1 [1-10]: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
• ART BLAKEY, drums & leader
• LEE MORGAN, trumpet
• BARNEY WILEN, tenor sax
• BOBBY TIMMONS, piano (out on 3)
• DUKE JORDAN, piano (on 3 only)
• JYMIE MERRITT, bass
• JOHNNY RODRÍGUEZ, bongos
• TOMMY LÓPEZ & WILLIAM RODRÍGUEZ, congas.
• Nola Studio, New York, July 28 & 29, 1959.

• DUKE JORDAN QUINTET
• CD 2 [1-7]: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
• DUKE JORDAN, piano & leader
• SONNY COHN, trumpet
• CHARLIE ROUSE, tenor sax
• EDDIE KHAN, bass
• ART TAYLOR, drums
• New York, January 12, 1962.

• ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
• CD 2 [8-25]: DES FEMMES DISPARAISSENT
• ART BLAKEY, drums & leader
• LEE MORGAN, trumpet
• BENNY GOLSON, tenor sax
• BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
• JYMIE MERRITT, bass
• Paris, December 18 & 19, 1958.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: BARNEY WILEN (ts), CLARK TERRY (flhn)
• BUD POWELL (p) ERIC PETER (b) DANIEL HUMAIR (d)
• Paris, France, 1959

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME 68:32 Min.
• 01) NO PROBLEM #1
• 02) NO HAY PROBLEMA
• 03) PRELUDE IN B LUE (à “L’ Esquinade”)
• 04) VALMONTANA #1
• 05) MIGUEL’S PARTY
• 06) PRELUDE IN BLUE (Chez Miguel)
• 07) NO PROBLEM #2
• 08) WEEHAWKEN MAD PAD
• 09) VALMONTANA #2
• 10) NO HAY PROBLEMA #2
• 11) NO PROBLEM [Clark Terry-Barney Wilen- Bud Powell version] (*)
• 12) MIGUEL’S PARTY [Clark Terry-Barney Wilen- Bud Powell version] (*)

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 69:25 Min.
• 01) NO PROBLEM #1
• 02) NO PROBLEM #2
• 03) NO PROBLEM #3
• 04) JAZZ VENDOR
• 05) SUBWAY INN
• 06) THE FEELING OF LOVE #1
• 07) THE FEELING OF LOVE #2
• 08) GENERIQUE
• 09) PIERRE ET BEATRICE
• 10) NASOL
• 11) TOM
• 12) POURSUITE DANS LA RUELLE
• 13) NE CHUCHOTE PAS
• 14) MAMBO DANS LA VOITURE
• 15) MERLIN
• 16) JUSTE POUR EUX SEULS
• 17) BLUES POUR DOUDOU
• 18) BLUES POUR MARCEL
• 19) BLUES POUR VAVA
• 20) PASQUIER
• 21) QUAGLIO
• 22) LA DIVORCEE DE LEO FALL
• 23) SUSPENSE. TOM ET NASOL
• 24) DES FEMMES DISPARAISSENT
• 25) FINAL POUR PIERRE ET BEATRICE