Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia (1960)

The lengthy title track on this CD easily overshadows the rest of the program for it is one of the most exciting versions ever recorded of Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia." Trumpeter Lee Morgan (then only in his early 20s), tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons and bassist Jymie Merritt formed one of the strongest of the many versions of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and are actually in fine form during the remainder of the satisfying (if anticlimactic) set.

by Scott Yanow in All Music Guide

Style:
Hard-Bop

Tracks:
01 - A Night in Tunisia (11:11)
02 - Sincerely Diana (6:47)
03 - So Tired (6:36)
04 - Yama (6:20)
05 - Kozo's Waltz (6:45)
06 - When Your Lover Has Gone (6:43)
07 - Sincerely Diana" (alternative take) (6:51)

Line-up:
Art Blakey — drums
Lee Morgan — trumpet
Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons — piano
Jymie Merritt — bass