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Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
Style: Jazz
Label: Impulse!
Catalog Number: AS-7
Released: 1961, 60's
Drummer Art Blakey expands his legendary Jazz Messengers group to a sextet for the first time on this 1961 classic album on Impulse! The album features a young Wayne Shorter on saxophone along with the incredible bass work of Jaymie Merritt who has been described as the “quintessential hard bop bassist.” While the album lacks a “hit” standard like previous releases featuring versions of Charles Mingus’ “Moanin'” or Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night in Tunisia,” the playing here is exceptional and showcases Blakey and crew at the top of their game delivering both intense driving hard-bop, along with gorgeous, shimmering moments filled with melodic and harmonic density.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Hard Bop
Tracklist:
A Alamode
B1 Invitation
B2 Circus
C You Don’t Know What Love Is
D1 I Hear A Rhapsody
D2 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You
Credits:
Bass – Jymie Merritt
Cover [Design] – Robert Flynn (2)
Drums – Art Blakey
Lacquer Cut By – KPG*
Liner Notes – Dick Katz
Photography By – Ted Russell (2)
Piano – Robert H. Timmons*
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Trombone – Curtis Fuller
Trumpet – Lee Morgan
