A Night at Birdland Vol. 2

A Night at Birdland Vol. 2
; Live album by Art Blakey;
Released	October 1954 (10"); December 1956 (12")
Recorded	February 21, 1954
Venue	; Birdland, New York City;
Genre	Jazz
Length	22:58
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Alfred Lion
; Art Blakey chronology
Original 12" cover
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Second 12" cover
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A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 is a 1954 release by jazz drummer Art Blakey, and a quintet which featured Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver and Curley Russell. It was first released by Blue Note Records as a 10" LP (BLP 5038). Two years later, the three 10" LPs in the set were reissued as 2 12" LPs; the 12" Vol. 2 is BLP 1521. Two of the three tracks ("Mayreh" and "A Night in Tunisia") of the original 10" Vol. 2 were included in the 12" Vol. 1. The 12" Vol. 2 incorporates all three tracks from the 10" A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 plus a previously unreleased alternate take of "Quicksilver."

A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 was reissued for the first time on CD in 1987 with two additional tracks ("The Way You Look Tonight" and "Lou's Blues"). "The Way You Look Tonight" had been previously released on a 2 LP Compilation in 1975 called Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2). The CD was reissued again in 2001 as an "RVG Edition" remastered by Rudy Van Gelder with the tracks in a different order. The 1987 CD used the second 12" LP cover, the 2001 CD revived the original 10" LP cover.^[2]

All of the music surfaced as part of a Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic Records (MR5-104) and a complete Clifford Brown set put out by Capitol has also appeared.

The recording was produced by Alfred Lion and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder for Blue Note.

Track listing[edit]

10" LP[edit]

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wee-Dot"	J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker	7:19
2.	"Mayreh"	Horace Silver	6:19

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3.	"A Night in Tunisia"	Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli	9:20

12" LP[edit]

Side 1
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wee Dot"		J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	7:19
2.	"If I Had You" (Originally released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [BLP 5039])	Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly	Ted Shapiro	3:31
3.	"Quicksilver [alternate master]" (previously unreleased)		Horace Silver	8:46

Side 2
No.	Title	Music	Length
4.	"Now's the Time" (Originally released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [BLP 5039])	Charlie Parker	9:02
5.	"Confirmation" (Originally released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [BLP 5039])	Charlie Parker	9:12
Total length:			32:31

CD Reissues[edit]

1987 Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wee Dot"		J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	7:19
2.	"If I Had You"	Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly	Ted Shapiro	3:31
3.	"Quicksilver [alternate master]"		Horace Silver	8:46
4.	"The Way You Look Tonight" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])	Dorothy Fields	Jerome Kern	9:59
5.	"Lou's Blues" (previously released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [Toshiba (Japan), BNJ-61002])		Lou Donaldson	3:58
6.	"Now's the Time"		Charlie Parker	9:02
7.	"Confirmation"		Charlie Parker	9:12

2001 RVG Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wee Dot"		J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	7:19
2.	"If I Had You"	Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly	Ted Shapiro	3:31
3.	"Quicksilver [alternate master]"		Horace Silver	8:46
4.	"Now's the Time"		Charlie Parker	9:02
5.	"Confirmation"		Charlie Parker	9:12
6.	"The Way You Look Tonight" (previously released on Live Messengers [BN-LA473-J2])	Dorothy Fields	Jerome Kern	9:59
7.	"Lou's Blues" (previously released on A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 [Toshiba (Japan), BNJ-61002])		Lou Donaldson	3:58

Personnel[edit]

Art Blakey Quintet:

Art Blakey — drums

Clifford Brown — trumpet

Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone

Horace Silver — piano

Curley Russell — bass

Production:

Bob Bluementhal, Leonard Feather — liner notes

Michael Cuscuna — reissue producer

John Hermansader, Reid Miles — cover design

Alfred Lion — producer

Ron McMaster — digital transfers

Rudy Van Gelder — engineer, mastering

Francis Wolff — photography

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

The two albums that were released from the Birdland are considered by The Penguin Guide to Jazz to be part of their "core collection". Allaboutjazz.com reviewer said it simply with "Blakey and company had clicked that night at Birdland."^[4]Allmusic mentions that, on this second album, "all of the musicians are inspired, none more than Blakey."^[5]

References[edit]

^ Billboard Jan 5, 1957

^ A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 at Discogs (list of releases)

^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ Michael Fortuna. "A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

^ Scott Yanow. "A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

External links[edit]

A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 at AllMusic

[1] Billboard Jan 5, 1957

[2] A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 at Discogs (list of releases)

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[4] Michael Fortuna. "A Night At Birdland, Vols. 1 and 2". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

[5] Scott Yanow. "A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

v t e Clifford Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums issued as leader	Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953 [1956]) Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956]) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956]) Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
Co-led/ with Max Roach	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Daahoud (1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)
Sideman with others	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Helen Merrill (1954) Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

v t e Horace Silver
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
With others	Introducing Nat Adderley (1955) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Dee Dee Bridgewater, 1994) Byrd's Eye View (Donald Byrd, 1955) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Al Cohn's Tones (Al Cohn, 1950) Miles Davis, Volume 3 (1954) Miles Davis Quartet/Blue Haze/Miles Davis Quintet/ Miles Davis All-Star Sextet/Walkin' (1953/54) Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins/Bags' Groove (1954) Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Lou Donaldson, 1952) Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955) The Art Farmer Septet (1953–54) When Farmer Met Gryce (Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, 1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1950–51) Nica's Tempo (Gigi Gryce, 1955) Disorder at the Border (Coleman Hawkins, 1952) Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, 1957) The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (J.J. Johnson, 1955) Blowing in from Chicago (Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore, 1957) Hank Mobley Quartet (1955) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank Mobley and His All Stars (1957) Hank Mobley Quintet (1957) J. R. Monterose (1956) Lee Morgan Indeed! (1956) Lee Morgan Sextet (1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957) Clark Terry (1955)
Selected singles	"Opus de Funk" (1953) "The Preacher"/"Doodlin'" (1955/54) "Señor Blues" (1956) "Sister Sadie" (1959) "Nica's Dream" (1960) "Song for My Father" (1964)
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