Killer Joe is an album by drummer Art Blakey with Japanese drummer George Kawaguchi recorded in 1981 and originally released on the Japanese Union Jazz label but later released on Storyville in the US.Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that "This unusual LP finds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers adding a second drummer, the fine Japanese player George Kawaguchi, to a set featuring three standards and two Kawaguchi pieces... Fine music, although a bit of an oddity".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
Track listing All compositions by George Kawaguchi except as indicated "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) - 10:00 "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 9:15 "Well You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:47 "Tin Tin Teo" - 6:41 "Big Apple Jump" - 6:36
Personnel George Kawaguchi, Art Blakey - drums Wallace Roney - trumpet Slide Hampton - trombone Branford Marsalis - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Donald Brown - piano Charles Fambrough - bass Raiji Kawaguchi - percussion (track 2)
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