Art Blakey - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (Verve By Request)

From the first bars of the immediately recognizable "Alamode," Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is an explosion of beauty. This first sextet iteration of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers includes a young Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Bobby Timmons (piano) and Jymie Merritt (bass). The band ferociously pushes the pace with each track, leaving no prisoners in their wake.

Heavyweight vinyl produced by Third Man Records in 2024 as part of the Verve by Request Series. Audio transferred from the original analog tapes and remastered. 

TRACKLISTING:

1. Alamode
2. Invitation
3. Circus
4. You Don't Know What Love Is
5. I Hear a Rhapsody
6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You