Gypsy Folk Tales

Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

1. "Jodi" - 10:15
2. "Cami" - 6:55
3. "Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27
4. "Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36
5. "Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58
6. "Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54
7. "Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30
8. "Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

Personnel

• Art Blakey - drums
• Valery Ponomarev - trumpet
• Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
• David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
• Walter Davis, Jr. - piano
• Dennis Irwin - bass

References