A Night in Tunisia (1958 album)

For the 1961 album, see A Night in Tunisia (1961 album).
A Night in Tunisia
Studio album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedMid February 1958[1]
RecordedApril 2 & 8, 1957, NYC
GenreHard bop
LabelVik
ProducerBob Rolontz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Hard Drive
(1957) 		A Night in Tunisia
(1958) 		Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[2]

A Night in Tunisia is a 1958 jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, released by the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik.[3] It features the only recorded instances of saxophonists Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin playing together.[4]

The album's original five tracks were augmented by up to three alternative takes on CD reissues.[2] The album was also reissued under the title Theory of Art, with two nonet tracks – "A Night at Tony's" and "Social Call" – added.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Special Merit Jazz Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Feb 17, 1958. p. 37. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography, accessed November 30, 2015
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
  5. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Theory of Art". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference JT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).