Africaine

Africaine
Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedNovember 10, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length45:25
LabelBlue Note
LT 1088
ProducerAlfred Lion
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960
(1959)
Africaine
(1981)
Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
(1959)

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.