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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... |
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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... |
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Deluxe Edition) [ Rhino / Warner / 2 CD - released 20/May/2022 ] In May of 1957, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers went into the studio with Thelonious Monk to record a one-off album for Atlantic. The Jazz Messengers were a loose collective of young jazz musicians, with a constantly rotating roster to keep the... |
The Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey
Ugetsu (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 6/Oct/2023 ] The place was a Broadway cellar that, with characteristic and not very exaggerated swagger, proclaimed itself "The Jazz Corner of the World." The date was mid-June 1963, when the New York post-bop era was still very much in progress. The bandleader... |
Art Blakey
Four Classic Albums (Moanin' / Mosaic / The Big Beat / A Night In Tunisia) (2CD) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2017 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Art Blakey complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details (where available) "Moanin'"; "Mosaic"; "The Big Beat" and "A Night In... |
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Just Coolin' [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] A never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Hackensack, New Jersey studio on March 8, 1959, and featuring the legendary drummer, along with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Hank... |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Four Classic Albums Plus - Hard Bop / Drum Suite / Impulse!! Art Blakey!! The Jazz Messengers! / Caravan [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] To emphasise the importance of ART BLAKEY in the history of jazz, this release is our third outing from the great man. This is what we said before... AMSC 1017: Just as Miles had a constant stream of seasoned players in his bands and provided a... |
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Dig That Beat [ Not Now Music / 3 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] |
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Free For All [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] Originally recorded on February 10, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey, this Rudy Van Gelder re-master of 'Free For All' is 24-bit digitally re-mastered. |
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
Moanin [ Not Now Music / 2 CD - released 14/May/2010 ] |
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Moanin' [ Phoenix / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Moanin' (Remastered 180 Gram Audiophile LP) [ Wax Time / LP - released 6/Jul/2012 ] Moanin' includes some of the greatest music Blakey produced in the studio with arguably his very best band. There are three tracks that are immortal and will always stand the test of time. The title selection is a pure tuneful melody stewed in a... |
