Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

• 180 gram Vinyl LP

• Pressed at RTI

• Tip-On Jacket with OBI

• 4 stars DOWNBWAT MAGAZINE

There have been innumerable impressive editions of the Messengers (any chronological list of Blakey's stars-to-be sidemen would take far more space than is available here). But it would be hard to find a more awesome lineup—in terms of both their strength together and their later achievements —than this early-Sixties unit: Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Curtis Fuller

PERSONNEL:

• Art Blakey - (drums)
• Freddie Hubbard - (trumpet)
• Curtis Fuller - (trombone)
• Wayne Shorter - (sax)
• Cedar Walton - (piano)
• Reggie Workman - (bass)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Caravan
• A2. Sweet 'N' Sour
• A3. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

• SIDE B
• B1. This Is For Albert
• B2. Skylark
• B3. Thermo