Art Blakey

4 LPs ON 2 CDs

This release contains the Jazz Messengers complete November 1955 Café Bohemia performance, originally released on three separate LPs plus a rare 10" bonus album, featuring the same personnel.

Includes 16-page comprehensive booklet.

Personnel:
Kenny Dorham (tp)
Hank Mobley (ts)
Horace Silver (p)
Doug Watkins (b)
& Art Blakey (d).

CD 1: (1-5) The Jazz Messengers at the Café Bohemia Vol. 1
CD 1: (9) & CD 2 (1-2, 6-7) The Jazz Messengers at the Café Bohemia Vol. 2
CD 1 (6-8) & CD 2 (3-5) The Jazz Messengers at the Café Bohemia Vol. 3
All of the above tracks where recorded in New York, November 23, 1955

CD 2 (8-11) Horace Sikver Quintet, Vol. 2
Recorded in New Jersey, February 6, 1955

CD 1: (71:47):
01. Soft Winds,
02. The Theme,
03. Minor's Holiday
04. Alone Together
05. Prince Albert
06. Lady Bird
07. What's New
08. Deciphering The Message / The Theme
09. Sportin' Crowd.

CD 2: ( 78:51)
01. Like Someone In Love
02. Yesterdays
03. Just One Of Those Things
04. Hank's Symphony
05. Gone With The Wind
06. Avila & Tequila
07. I Waited For You/The Theme (Incomplete)
08. To Whom It May Concern*
09. Hippy,*
10. The Preacher*
11. Hankerin'*.
(*Bonus Tracks).