{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = New York Scene | type = Live album | artist = Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | cover = New York Scene.jpg | alt = | released = 1984 | recorded = May 1984<br><small>Mikell's, New York City</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 43:59 | label = Concord Jazz<br><small>CJ 256</small> | producer = Frank Dorritie | prev_title = Oh-By the Way | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Live at Kimball's | next_year = 1985 }} '''''New York Scene''''' is a live album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in New York City in 1984 and released on the Concord Jazz label.<ref name="UPI" />
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it "a fine set of hard bop".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/new-york-scene-mw0000187860 Allmusic Review], accessed June 20, 2013</ref> Writing for ''United Press International'', Ken Franckling praised the album "boppish delights", stating that it was "the key training ground for generation after generation of the Young Turks in jazz."<ref name="UPI">{{cite news |last1=Franckling |first1=Ken |title=All that jazz – Mini-Reviews |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/02/01/All-That-Jazz-Mini-Reviews/5121476082000/ |work=United Press International |language=en |date=1 February 1985}}</ref>
=== Awards === The album won the award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album during the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hilburn |first1=Robert |title=Grammy Winners |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-27-ca-8926-story.html |access-date=31 July 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 February 1985}}</ref>
== Track listing == # "Oh, By The Way" (Terence Blanchard) – 10:06 # "Ballad Medley: My One and Only Love/It's Easy to Remember/Who Cares?" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin/Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:23 # "Controversy" (Donald Harrison) – 5:24 # "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 11:12 # "Falafel" (Mulgrew Miller) – 9:54
== Personnel == *Art Blakey – drums *Terence Blanchard – trumpet *Donald Harrison – alto saxophone *Jean Toussaint – tenor saxophone *Mulgrew Miller – piano *Lonnie Plaxico – bass
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Category:Art Blakey live albums Category:The Jazz Messengers live albums Category:1984 live albums Category:Concord Records live albums Category:Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album