Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

• Contains new specially prepared liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris’ prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

“The Jazz Messengers might seem in retrospect like something of an institution, but listening to them fresh is always an ear-opening experience. Moanin’ is the best introduction to their work.” PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“Because of the themes played in unison by Benny Golson and Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons’ “churchy” piano, Jymie Merritt’s feline bass lines, and Art Blakey’s drums, sounding as big as a whole orchestra and showcasing the constant swing of his cymbals, this is, more than the sound of a great group, the true essence of the golden era of jazz.” JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

• Art Blakey, drums & leader
• Lee Morgan, trumpet
• Benny Golson, tenor sax
• Bobby Timmons, piano
• Jymie Merritt, bass

Hackensack, New Jersey, October 30, 1958.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS: Same personnel.
• Live at the Olympia, Paris, France, November 22 (A4) & December 17 (B4), 1958.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01. MOANIN’
• 02. ARE YOU REAL?
• 03. ALONG CAME BETTY
• 04. I REMEMBER CLIFFORD [Live] (*)
• 04. BLUES MARCH [Live] (*)

• SIDE B:
• 01. THE DRUM THUNDER SUITE [First Theme: Drum Thunder /Second Theme: Cry a Blue Tear /Third Theme: Harlem’s Disciples]
• 02. BLUES MARCH
• 03. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 04. BLUES MARCH [Live] (*)