A Night at Birdland Vol. 3

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3
Live album by Art Blakey
Released	June 21, 1984
Recorded	February 21, 1954
Studio	Birdland, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:37
Label	Toshiba (Japan)

ReleasedJune 21, 1984

RecordedFebruary 21, 1954

StudioBirdland, New York City

GenreJazz

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3 is a 12″ live album containing outtakes from A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1–3, released in 1984 by Toshiba Records in Japan.^[1]

Three of the four tracks on the Japanese 12″ Vol. 3 had previously been released as part of a 2 LP Compilation entitled Live Messengers (BN-LA473-J2) in 1975.^[2]

All of the tracks from both Vol. 3's have subsequently been reissued on the CD versions of A Night at Birdland, Vols. 1 & 2.^[3]^[4]

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No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Wee-Dot (alternate take)"	J.J. Johnson, Leo Parker	6:53
2.	"Blues (Improvisation)"	Traditional	8:37

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Dorothy Fields Jerome Kern	9:59
2.	"Lou's Blues" (previously unreleased)	Lou Donaldson	3:58

v t e Clifford Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums as leader	Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953 [1956]) Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956]) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956]) Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
Co-led/with Max Roach	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Daahoud (1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)
Sideman with others	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Helen Merrill (1954) Sarah Vaughan (1954)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

v t e Horace Silver
Discography Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Blue Note albums	New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio) (1952)/Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-Sabu (1952–53) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954–55) 6 Pieces of Silver (1956–58) The Stylings of Silver (1957) Further Explorations (1958) Live at Newport '58 (1958) Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64) The Cape Verdean Blues (1965) The Jody Grind (1966) Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968) You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969) That Healin' Feelin', The United States of Mind, Phase 1 (1970) Total Response, The United States of Mind, Phase 2 (1970–71) All, The United States of Mind, Phase 3 (1972) The United States of Mind (compilation of the 3 'Phase' albums, 1970–72) In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1972) Silver 'n Brass (1975) Silver 'n Wood (1975–76) Silver 'n Voices (1976) Silver 'n Percussion (1977) Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1978–79)
Albums released on other labels	Silver's Blue (1956) Paris Blues (1962) Live 1964 (1964) Guides to Growing Up (1981) Spiritualizing the Senses (1983) There's No Need to Struggle (1983) The Continuity of Spirit (1985) Music to Ease Your Disease (1988) Rockin' with Rachmaninoff (1991) It's Got to Be Funky (1993) Pencil Packin' Papa (1994) The Hardbop Grandpop (1996) A Prescription for the Blues (1997) Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1998)
Art Blakey/ The Jazz Messengers	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (1954) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) The Jazz Messengers (1956) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Originally (1956)
Selected singles	"Opus de Funk" (1953) "The Preacher" / "Doodlin'" (1955/54) "Señor Blues" (1956) "Peace" / "Sister Sadie" (1959) "Nica's Dream" (1960) "Song for My Father" (1964)

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A Night at Birdland, Vol. 3

Live album by Art Blakey
Released	June 21, 1984 (1984-06-21)
Recorded	February 21, 1954
Studio	Birdland, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:37
Label	Toshiba (Japan)