A Night in Tunisia (1958 album)

A Night in Tunisia is a 1958 jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, released by the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik. It features the only recorded instances of saxophonists Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin playing together.

A Night in Tunisia
Studio album by
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedMid February 1958
RecordedApril 2 & 8, 1957, NYC
GenreHard bop
LabelVik
ProducerBob Rolontz
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
Hard Drive
(1957)
A Night in Tunisia
(1958)
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
(1958)
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The album's original five tracks were augmented by up to three alternative takes on CD reissues. The album was also reissued under the title Theory of Art, with two nonet tracks – "A Night at Tony's" and "Social Call" – added.

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