Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

• CLASSICS ALBUMS

• 3-PANEL DIGIPACK

• LIMITED EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS DOWN BEAT

One of the definitive bands of the hard bop genre, The Jazz Messengers’ soulful and hard-driving sound set the benchmark of excellence in jazz from the group’s inception in the early 1950s to its culmination in 1990. This set, recorded live at the celebrated Café Bohemia in New York, was one of the best from their early years.

PERSONNEL:

• Art Blakey - drums & leader
• Kenny Dorham - trumpet
• Hank Mobley - tenor sax
• Horace silver - piano
• Doug Watkins - bass

Live at the Café Bohemia, New York, November 23, 1955.

TRACKS:

• 01 Introduction by Art Blakey
• 02 Soft Winds
• 03 Minor’s Holiday
• 04 Alone Together
• 05 Prince Albert
• 06 Sportin’ Crowd
• 07 Like Someone in Love
• 08 Yesterdays
• 09 Avila and Tequila
• 10 I Waited for You

• Total Time: 79:00 min.