A Night in Tunisia (1961 album)

For the 1957 album, see A Night in Tunisia (1957 album).

A Night in Tunisia is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released in May 1961 through Blue Note Records.^[6] It was recorded in August 1960 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

A Night in Tunisia
Studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Released	May 1961
Recorded	August 7 and 14, 1960
Studio	Van Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
Genre	Hard bop
Length	37:57
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers chronology
The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1961) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
Tom Hull	B+[5]

In the original liner notes by Barbara J. Gardner, she wrote: "This album is a prime example of Blakey's expressed desire to showcase his young talent. Not only is there extended solo room for the musicians; further, all but the title tune were written and arranged by the talented junior jazz citizens in his group".

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer praised the soloing, and highlighted Blakey's playing on "Kozo's Waltz": "His solo is truly a remarkable demonstration of modern drumming. This is searing passion and astounding energy, not to mention impeccable time".^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 11:16
2. "Sincerely Diana" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:50

Side two

1. "So Tired" (Bobby Timmons) – 6:39
2. "Yama" (Lee Morgan) – 6:23
3. "Kozo's Waltz" (Morgan) – 6:49

Personnel

• Art Blakey – drums
• Lee Morgan – trumpet
• Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
• Bobby Timmons – piano
• Jymie Merritt – bass