Africaine

Africaine is a collection of 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The collection was not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. The album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt.

Reception
Michael G. Nastos of Allmusic called it, "a recording that shows a band fully able to fuse many exotically attractive elements into a unified whole of creative jazz music ecstasy".

Track listing

 * 1) "Africaine" (Shorter) – 7:57
 * 2) "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 8:35
 * 3) "Splendid" (Davis) – 7:46
 * 4) "Haina" (Morgan) – 10:17
 * 5) "The Midget" (Morgan) – 6:00
 * 6) "Celine" (Morgan) – 4:50

Personnel

 * Art Blakey – drums
 * Lee Morgan – trumpet
 * Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
 * Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
 * Jymie Merritt – acoustic bass
 * Dizzy Reece – conga drums (on tracks 1 & 4)