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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Freedom Rider [ Blue Note / CD - released 19/Jan/1998 ] "The final recording by this edition of The Jazz Messengers (featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer/leader Art Blakey) finds the group consolidating their... |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Moanin' [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 3/May/1999 ] Recorded in 1958, 'Moanin'' is an essential chapter in the history of jazz rhythm, and jazz itself. This Rudy Van Gelder re-mastered edition features a previously unissued bonus track. |
Cannonball Adderley (alto sax), with Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly, Percy Heath & Art Blakey
Cannonball Adderley - Things Are Getting Better [ OJC / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] This title provides ample evidence why alto Cannonball Adderley is considered one of the masters of his craft. Here he joins forces with Modern Jazz Quartet co-founder Milt Jackson on vibes to create a variety of sonic atmospheres. |
Lee Morgan (trumpet), with Jackie McLean (alto sax), Curtis Fuller (trombone), McCoy Tyler (piano), Bob Cranshaw (bass) Art Blakey (drums)
Tom Cat [ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Aug/1990 ] "It seems strange that the music on this CD was not released initially until 1980. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had had an unexpected hit with "The Sidewinder," so his more challenging recordings were temporarily put aside. As it turns out, this was one of... |
Art Blakey
Art Blakey Big Band (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 12/May/2023 ] Recorded for the Bethelehem label December 1957 in New York City, drummer Art Blakey leads a 15-piece orchestra featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd, plus a quintet made up of Byrd, Coltrane, Walter Bishop Jr., Wendell Marshall and Blakey on... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Caravan (Original Jazz Classics Series LP) [ Concord / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Originally released in 1963, "Caravan" was Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' first album for Riverside Records. Featured in addition to Blakey are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (sax), Cedar Walton (piano) and... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Free For All (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 23/Jan/2026 ] Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Free For All was perhaps the band's most potent album featuring a powerful sextet line-up with the great drummer joined by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (LP) [ Decca / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] With Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960, Roger Vadim stirred up a scandal. Based on the famous epistolary novel by Laclos, the director presented audiences in the early 1960s with a film in which libertinism, scheming and the upper middle classes... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Mosaic (Blue Note Classic Vinyl LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 20/Oct/2023 ] The 1961 album Mosaic marked a pivotal moment in the story of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers with the arrival of Freddie Hubbard and Cedar Walton and the band's expansion to a sextet with the addition of Curtis Fuller joining existing members Wayne... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night In Tunisia Blue Note Classic (LP) [ Blue Note / LP - released 18/Oct/2024 ] One of the greatest line-ups of drummer Art Blakey's hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in 1960 when tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt for the recording... |
