1958 – Paris Olympia

1958 – Paris Olympia is a live album by drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers recorded at the Olympia in late 1958 and originally released in 1959 on the French Fontana label as Olympia Concert.^[1][2][3] Soon reissued versions had several different covers and were also released titled Soul! (1965). In the US it was first issued on Epic in 1960 under the title Paris Concert. Behind the Iron Curtain the album was issued on the East German label Amiga in 1976 titled simply Art Blakey and His Jazz-Messengers.^[4] The first digital release on CD in 1987 added two tunes from the same two concert dates, that were originally issued by Fontana on a 7" single (460 642 TE), "Blues March" and "Whisper Not".^[5]

Released1959

RecordedNovember 22 and December 17, 1958

VenuesL'Olympia, Paris, France

GenreJazz

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Olympia Concert
Live album by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
Released	1959
Recorded	November 22 and December 17, 1958
Venues	L'Olympia, Paris, France
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:20
Labels	Fontana (France) 680 202 ML
Art Blakey chronology
Holiday for Skins (1958) Olympia Concert (1959) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
The Jazz Messengers chronology
Moanin' (1958) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1958) Des Femmes Disparaissent (1958)
European 1987 CD cover

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