Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Release Date: 01/10/2025
Format: LP
Label: Music On Vinyl - MOVLP3861
Release type: 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl LP Pressing

Art Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. This Album of the Year LP, originally released in 1981, features the Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey.

The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include 'Cheryl' (written by Charlie Parker), 'Soulful Mister Timmons,' and 'Little Man,' among others. The accompanying liner notes were written by Ted Panken.

1. Cheryl
2. Ms. B.C
3. In Case You Missed It
4. Little Man
5. Witch Hunt
6. Soulful Mister Timmons