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Release Date

April 1, 1997

Duration

47:30

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

February 21, 1954 - February, 1977
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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

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A good single-CD sampler of drummer Art Blakey's Blue Note years is an impossibility, for he recorded dozens of gems for the label. There is nothing wrong with the six numbers on this set (a 1954 version of "Wee Dot" with Clifford Brown, the classics "Moanin'," "Along Came Betty" and "Up Jumped Spring," Freddie Hubbard's lesser-known "Down Under," and the only post-1962 number, "Jodi") but it barely hints at the Art Blakey story. Only three versions of the Jazz Messengers are represented (along with the Brownie cut, which is out of place), making the release a bit frivolous.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time
1
J.J. Johnson / Leo Parker
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
feat: Art Blakey
6:45
2
Bobby Timmons
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
9:30
3
Benny Golson
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
feat: Art Blakey
6:09
4
Freddie Hubbard
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
feat: Art Blakey
5:06
5
Freddie Hubbard
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
feat: Art Blakey
9:45
6
Walter Davis, Jr. / Wynton Marsalis
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
feat: Art Blakey
10:15
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