One of the rarest of all
Art Blakey
records, this LP finds
the Jazz Messengers
(featuring new member
Johnny Griffin
on tenor and trumpeter
Bill Hardman
) performing jazz versions of six show tunes by
Lerner & Loewe
, including three (
"Almost Like Being in Love,"
"I Could Have Danced All Night,"
and
"On the Street Where You Live"
) that would soon become standards. Despite some of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the songs, this date is quite successful. ~ Scott Yanow