Gypsy Folk Tales is an album by drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded in 1977 and released on the Roulette label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2½ stars stating "This Roulette LP includes six fairly recent originals in addition to a pair of numbers co-written by drummer Art Blakey with saxophonist Bob Mintzer. Davis's "Gypsy Folk Tales" and "Jodi" are the best-known songs and the hard-bop oriented solos are consistently fresh".

Gypsy Folk Tales

Track listing

All compositions by Walter Davis, Jr. except as indicated

"Jodi" - 10:15

"Cami" - 6:55

"Miwako" (Art Blakey, Bob Mintzer) - 4:27

"Gypsy Folk Tales" - 7:36

"Time Will Tell" (Bobby Watson) - 6:58

"Ronnie's a Dynamite Lady" - 7:54

"Hawkman" (Watson) - 10:30

"Malibu" (Blakey, Mintzer) - 4:42

Personnel

Art Blakey - drums

Valery Ponomarev - trumpet

Bobby Watson - alto saxophone

David Schnitter - tenor saxophone

Walter Davis, Jr. - piano

Dennis Irwin - bass

References

Art Blakey albums

The Jazz Messengers albums

1977 albums

Roulette Records albums

Gypsy Folk Tales