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A Night in Tunisia (1958 album)
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<h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <h3><i>A Night in Tunisia</i> CD</h3> <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/A_Night_in_Tunisia/20JvYBl1">A Night in Tunisia</a>" (<a href="/facts/Dizzy_Gillespie/bKjDl7X1">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, Frank Paparelli) – 12:55</li> <li>"Off the Wall" (<a href="/facts/Johnny_Griffin/blvAtLXW">Johnny Griffin</a>) – 7:16</li> <li>"Theory of Art" (<a href="/facts/Bill_Hardman/ymoHyMz6">Bill Hardman</a>) – 9:46</li> <li>"Couldn't It Be You?" (<a href="/facts/Art_Blakey/w38P1YLX">Art Blakey</a>, <a href="/facts/Jackie_McLean/VPf4P31P">Jackie McLean</a>) – 8:12</li> <li>"Evans" (<a href="/facts/Sonny_Rollins/rA3tHTkE">Sonny Rollins</a>) – 6:30</li> <li>"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) – 12:30 Bonus track on CD re-issue.</li> <li>"Off the Wall" (Griffin) – 7:21 Bonus track on CD re-issue.</li> <li>"Theory of Art" (Hardman) – 10:14 Bonus track on CD re-issue.</li></ol> <h3><i>Theory of Art</i> CD</h3> <p>First five tracks as <i>A Night in Tunisia</i>, above. </p> <ol><li>"A Night at Tony's" (<a href="/facts/Gigi_Gryce/pjdEPpyz">Gigi Gryce</a>)</li> <li>"Social Call" (Gryce, <a href="/facts/Jon_Hendricks/vNw5e98k">Jon Hendricks</a>)</li> </ol> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <h3><i>A Night in Tunisia</i></h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Art_Blakey/w38P1YLX">Art Blakey</a> – drums</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bill_Hardman/ymoHyMz6">Bill Hardman</a> – trumpet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johnny_Griffin/blvAtLXW">Johnny Griffin</a> – tenor sax</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jackie_McLean/VPf4P31P">Jackie McLean</a> (listed as Ferris Benda/Ferris Bender on the cover) – alto sax</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sam_Dockery/C2XwYSfT">Sam Dockery</a> – piano</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spanky_DeBrest/0dQDKY3l">Spanky DeBrest</a> – bass</li></ul> <h3><i>Theory of Art</i></h3> <ul><li>Art Blakey – drums</li> <li>Bill Hardman – trumpet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lee_Morgan/NBSUjDcN">Lee Morgan</a> – trumpet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Melba_Liston/JDz5dKBv">Melba Liston</a> – trombone</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cecil_Payne/r5kVqqYz">Cecil Payne</a> – baritone sax</li> <li>Johnny Griffin – tenor sax</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sahib_Shihab/RK2LYLCX">Sahib Shihab</a> – alto sax</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wynton_Kelly/F9kcbA2e">Wynton Kelly</a> – piano</li> <li>Spanky DeBrest – bass</li></ul> <p>Sources:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>RCA Vik Record Label Discography, accessed November 30, 2015 <a href="http://www.excitingsounds.com/rca-vik/" target="_blank">http://www.excitingsounds.com/rca-vik/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4. <a href="978-0-14-015364-4" target="_blank">978-0-14-015364-4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia (1957)". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-in-tunisia-1957-mw0001986964</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Yanow, Scott. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Theory of Art". AllMusic. Retrieved November 29, 2018. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/theory-of-art-mw0000187858" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/theory-of-art-mw0000187858</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Shoemaker, Bill (May 1, 1997). "Art Blakey: Theory of Art". JazzTimes. <a href="https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/" target="_blank">https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4. <a href="978-0-14-015364-4" target="_blank">978-0-14-015364-4</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Shoemaker, Bill (May 1, 1997). "Art Blakey: Theory of Art". JazzTimes. <a href="https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/" target="_blank">https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/art-blakey-theory-of-art/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>