Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Invitation

Personnel: Wayne Shorter - ts
Lee Morgan - tp
Curtis Fuller - tb
Bobby Timmons - p
Jymie Merrit - b
Art Blakey - d

Recorded on 1961, for Impulse Records

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Music

Tags:

• art
• blakey
• jazz
• messengers
• shorter
• wayne
• trumpet
• timmons
• bobby
• lee
• morgan
• hardbop

[sturaylen]

Amazing love the bass feel and the bridge, not the biggest Curtis Fuller fan though

[echo962]

God, Lee Morgan's muted trumpet sounds sensual!

[micaofboca]

This album is so beautiful. Buy it. I also love Art's version of Gee Baby Ain't I good to you. Invitation was originally written for a really sexy Lana Turner movie under the title of a Life of Her Own. That movie was so X rated for its time the moral standards clause almost prevented its release. It had to be rewritten over and over again it was so dirty for its time. .

[kingpleasure]

@kingpleasure I didn't mean to slight Wayne, because his solo is simply beautiful. What great tone he has.

[kingpleasure]

I like it better at this tempo because it retains more of the moody melancholic atmosphere of the song as originally conceived. That fits better because it was part of a film score for a story of illicit love and adultry. I love Joe's playing of it too, but not the tempo they take it at and Blakey is so much of a better drummer than Jack DeJonette too. Lee's playing on this is outstanding both in the bright and dark passages. The guy was a prodigy.

[thecompton01]

Never heard it like this before. WAY better than the faster tempo stuff I've heard except for maybe Joe Henderson's. And how cool is that feel on the bridge?

[Arborwaychet]

Interesting how this early version runs at a slower tempo than many of the modern interpretations ... chart has a completely different feel when the tempo kicks a little

[musicismycoffee]

ahhh thank you for putting this up!!! :)

[madero111]

Ahhh so nice to hear this 'Invitation' again and even the whole album. This album gave me a fresh '64 lease on life! Thanks Brassgolem.