Art Blakey

A. Blakey´S Jazz Messengers w/ D. Byrd + H. Silver (EJC 55674)

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A. Blakey´S Jazz Messengers w/ D. Byrd + H. Silver

Art Blakey

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 145712

EJC 55674

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A. Blakey´S Jazz Messengers w/ D. Byrd + H. Silver

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CD 14,96 €

2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2 CD

20-PAGE BOOKLET

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

This release contains all existing recordings by a formation of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers that would only last for a single year! The group consisted of the leader plus Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, and Doug Watkins. Among the materials included here are the complete contents of the LPs The Jazz Messengers (Columbia CL 897) and Byrd’s Eye View (Transition TRLP 4), plus extra tunes and alternate takes from the sessions as well as six rare tracks presenting the Messengers backing Dutch singer Rita Reys. As a bonus, a different version of Mobley’s “Hank’s Tune” by a very similar formation (with Art Taylor replacing Blakey).

PERSONNEL ON CD 1: THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

  • ART BLAKEY drums & leader
  • DONALD BYRD trumpet
  • HANK MOBLEY tenor sax
  • HORACE SILVER piano
  • DOUG WATKINS bass
  • Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, April 5 & May 4, 1956.

PERSONNEL ON CD 2 [1-6] BYRD’S EYE VIEW

  • Add JOE GORDON (tp) on 1-3 only; omit HANK MOBLEY on 2-3.
  • Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 2, 1955.

CD2 [7-12] THE JAZZ MESSENGERS with RITA REYS

  • On 7-10: Add RITA REYS (vcl). New York, May 3, 1956.
  • On 11-12: RITA REYS (vcl), DONALD BYRD (tp), IRA SULLIVAN (ts),
  • KENNY DREW (p), WILBUR WARE (b), ART BLAKEY (d), (arr).
  • New York, June 25, 1956.

(*) BONUS TRACKS

  • DONALD BYRD (tp), HANK MOBLEY (ts), HORACE SILVER (p)
  • DOUG WATKINS Doug Watkins (b), ART TAYLOR, (d)
  • New York, July 17, 1956.

TRACKS:

  • CD 1 (77:38)
  • 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 The Late Show
  • 11 Deciphering The Message
  • 12 Carol’s Interlude [Alt Tk]
  • CD 2 (77:43)
  • 01 Doug’s Blues
  • 02 El Sino
  • 03 Crazy Rhythm
  • 04 Everything Happens To Me
  • 05 The Late Show #2 [Aka Hank’s Other Tune]
  • 06 Hank’s Tune
  • 07 Taking A Chance On Love
  • 08 That Old Black Magic
  • 09 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
  • 10 I Cried For You
  • 11 My One And Only Love
  • 12 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Yearv
  • 13 Hank’s Tune #2 (*)