Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Format Details: 2LP
Release Date: 30 July 2021
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8436569195314
Description
180g vinyl 2LP set in deluxe gatefold sleeve with iconic pictures by jazz photographer Francis Wolff. Originally released as The Jazz Messengers at the Café Bohemia Vol.1 (Blue Note BLP 1507 and BLP 1508.
One of the definitive bands of the hard bop genre, The Jazz Messengers' soulful and hard driving sound set the benchmark of excellence in jazz. The present set, recorded live at the celebrated Café Bohemia in New York, was one of the best from their early years. This music originally appeared divided into two 12" volumes, whose contents are included in their entireties on this 2-LP set.
"There's excellent, cohesive trumpet by Kenny Dorham and piano by Horace Silver that leaps into the emotions. Doug Watkins is equal to the never-coasting rhythmic demands of Silver and the omni-cooking Art Blakey." - **** 1/2 Nat Hentoff, DownBeat
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell
Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
