ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS 2CD

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS

So now we have our third release which kind of brings together all the elements that made Art Blakey great from hard bop to the new thing. Jackie McLean joins Art for Hard Bop and here we have added three extra outtakes originally taken from side two of the Drum Suite album so we can present a more complete view of the session. Drum Suite featuring Arts Percussion Ensemble, of course famously speaks for itself. Jazz legend Wayne Shorter again joins up with Art for our two albums on CD2. Here he's joined by the likes of Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Curtis Fuller, Freddie Hubbard and Cedar Walton. There really was nothing like Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy them and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across jazz and many other musical genres.

Tracklist:
CD1
1. Cranky Spanky (Hard Bop)
2. Stella By Starlight (Hard Bop)
3. My Heart Stood Still (Hard Bop)
4. Little Melonae (Hard Bop)
5. Stanley's Stiff Chickens (Hard Bop)
6. Nica's Tempo (Drum Suite - Hard Bop
Sessions)
7. D's Dilemma (Drum Suite - Hard Bop
Sessions)
8. Just For Marty (Drum Suite - Hard Bop
Sessions)
9. The Sacrifice (Drum Suite)
10. Cubano Chant (Drum Suite)
11. Oscalypso (Drum Suite)

CD2
1. Alamode (!! Impulse!! Art Blakey!! Jazz
Messengers!!)
2. Invitation (!! Impulse!! Art Blakey!! Jazz
Messengers!!)
3. Circus (!! Impulse!! Art Blakey!! Jazz
Messengers!!)
4. You Don't Know What Love Is (!! Impulse!!
Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!!)
5. I Hear A Rhapsody (!! Impulse!! Art Blakey!!
Jazz Messengers!!)
6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (!! Impulse!!
Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!!)
7. Caravan (Caravan)
8. Sweet "N" Sour (Caravan)
9. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
(Caravan)
10. This Is For Albert (Caravan)
11. Skylark (Caravan)
12. Thermo (Caravan)

Label: Avid
Released: 2022