Art Blakey

4-CD DELUXE

This 8-CD box includes the followings albums.

CD 1: THE JAZZMESSENGERS

DONALD BYRD (tp); HANK MOBLEY (ts); HORACE SILVER (p)
DOUG WATKINS (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, May 4, 1956

01. Infra-Rae
02. Nica's Dream
03. It's You or No One
04. Ecaroh
05. Carol's Interlude
06. The End of a Love Affair
07. Hank's Symphony
08. Weird-O (*)
09. Ill Wind (*)
10. Late Show (*)
11. Deciphering the Message (*)
12. Carol's Interlude (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 2: HARD BOP

BILL HARDMAN (tp); JACKIE McLEAN (as); SAM DOCKERY (p);
SPANKY DeBREST (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, December 12 & 13, 1956

01. Cranky Spanky
02. Stella by Starlight
03. My Heart Stood Still
04. Little Melonae
05. Stanley's Stiff Chickens
06. Nica's Tempo (*)
07. Dee's Dilemma (*)
08. Just for Marty (*)
09. Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue / Summertime / Someone to Watch Over Me / The Man I Love (*)

(*) Bonus tracks

CD 3: DRUM SUITE

[1-3] THE ART BLAKEY PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
RAY BRYANT (p); OSCAR PETTIFORD, CANDIDO CAMERO (b);
ART BLAKEY, JO JONESM SPECS WRIGHT (d)

[4-6] DONALD BYRD (tp); IRA SULLIVAN (ts); KENNY DREW (p);
WILBUR WARE (b); ART BLAKEY (d)

New York, February 22, 1957

01. The Sacrifice
02. Cubano Chant
03. Oscalypso
04. Lil 'T (aka the Third)
05. The New Message (aka Little T) Take 1
06. The New Message (aka Little T) Take 3

CD 4: SELECTIONS FROM LEANER AND LOEWE'S MY FAIR LADY,
         BROGADDON, PAINT YOUR WAGON

[1-6] BILL HARTMAN (tp); JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts); SAM DOCKERY (p)
SPANKY DeBREST (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, March 13, 1957

[7-10] LEE MORGAN, BILL HARTMAN (tp); MELBA LISTON (tb)
SAHIB SHIHAB (as); JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts); CECIL PAYNE (bs)
WYNTON KELLY (p); SPANKY DeBREST (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, April 2, 1957

[11-12] BILL HARTMAN (tp); JACKIE McLEAN (as); JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts)
SAM DOCKERY (p); SPANKY DeBREST (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, April 8, 1957

01. Almost Like Being In Love
02. There but for You Go I
03. They Call the Wind Mariah
04. On the Street Where You Live
05. I Talk to the Trees
06. I Could Have Danced All Night
07. A Night at Tony's
08. Social Call
09. A Night at Tony's
10. Social Call
11. Couldn't It Be You?
12. Off the Wall

CD 5: A NIGHT IN TUNISIA

BILL HARTMAN (tp); JACKIE McLEAN (as); JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts)
SAM DOCKERY (p); SPANKY DeBREST (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
New York, April 8, 1957

01. A Night In Tunisia
02. Off the Wall
03. Theory of Art
04. Couldn't It Be You?
05. Evans
06. A Night In Tunisia
07. Off the Wall
08. Theory of Art

CD 6 & 7: AU CLUB ST. GERMAIN (2-CD SET)

LEE MORGAN (tp); BENNY GOLSON (ts); BOBBY TIMMONS (p)
JYMIE MERRIT (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
Paris, December 21, 1958

CD 1:
01. Politely
02. Whisper Not
03. Now's the Time
04. The First Theme
05. Moanin' with Hazel
06. Justice ( aka Evidence)

CD 2:
01. Blues March
02. Like Someone In Love
03. Along Came Betty
04. Out of the Past
05. A Night In Tunisia
06. The Theme

CD 8: AU THÉÂTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES

LEE MORGAN (tp); WAYNE SHORTER (ts); WALTER DAVIS Jr. (p)
JYMIE MERRIT (b); ART BLAKEY (d)
Live at Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, November 15, 1959

01. Close Your Eyes
02. Goldie
03. Ray's Idea
04. Lester Left Town
05. Blues March
06. Are You Real
07. A Night In Tunisia