Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

The Best of The Columbia and RCA-Vik Years (56-59) (848064009689)

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Title The Best of The Columbia and RCA-Vik Years (56-59)

Author Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Label Real Gone Music

EAN 848064009689

Reference GEN 160240

LABEL CODE 848064009689

STYLE JAZZ

DISCS NUMBER 2

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers were the greatest incubator of talent the jazz world has ever known, and the late-'50s were arguably the outfit's most fertile period, as Blakey led not one, not two, not three, but four aggregations that spawned the next generation of jazz superstars. While Blakey recorded for a number of labels during that period, his sessions for the Columbia and RCA/Vik labels formed the core of his repertoire along with his Blue Note sides, and this 17-track set throws in six rare live performances in France (led by Blakey's impossibly polyrhythmic playing, the Jazz Messengers were one of the greatest live bands in jazz history) to create an crucial document of the era. Compiled and annotated by Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer/executive/archivist/historian Richard Seidel, remastered at Maria Triana at Battery Studios, and featuring prime period photos, The Best of the Columbia & RCA/Vik Years (1956-1959) represents an essential addition to the Art Blakey discography.