ART BLAKELY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "THE BIG BEAT" MM, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NEW/SEALED
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ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS "THE BIG BEAT"
2007 MUSIC MATTERS, 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER MMBST-84029, SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE TAPE AND PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
"ART BLAKEY WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL JAZZ DRUMMERS, A MASTERFUL TALENT SCOUT AND THE INSPIRING LEADER OF THE JAZZ MESSENGERS. FOR 35 YEARS (195501990), THE JAZZ MESSENGERS FEATURED BRILLIANT YOUNG TALENT WHO WERE PUSHED BY BLAKEY TO WRITE NEW MUSIC AND PLAY AT THEIR VERY BEST. ONE CERTAINLY COULD NOT COAST WITH BLAKEY'S EXPLOSIVE DRUMMING CONSTANTLY EGGING ON THE PLAYERS. THE WHO'S WHO OF JAZZ PASSED THROUGH BLAKEY'S BAND FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS, WITH EVERYONE FROM FREDDIE HUBBARD AND WYNTON MARSALIS TO BENNY GOLSON AND HORACE SILVER BENEFITING FROM THE HARD-SWINGING EXPERIENCE. BUT FEW LINEUPS COULD COMPETE WITH THE 1960 EDITION OF THE JAZZ MESSENGERS FEATURED ON "THE BIG BEAT". BLAKEY, THE "OLD MAN" OF THE BAND AT 30, IS JOINED BY BASSIST JYMIE MERRITT AND THREE BRILLIANT STYLISTS WHO WERE NOT ONLY EXCITING SOLOISTS BUT VERY SKILLED SONGWRITERS: "LESTER LEFT TOWN" (A TRIBUTE TO LESTER YOUNG) AND INCLUDES AN INVENTIVE VERSION OF "IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON" ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER LESSER-KNOWN BUT COLORFUL PIECES. THIS IS HARD BOP AT ITS FINEST FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMMORTAL JAZZ GROUPS OF ALL TIME."
1) THE CHESS PLAYERS 2) SAKEENA'S VISION 3) POLITELY 4) DAT DERE 5) LESTER LEFT TOWN 6) IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON
ART BLAKEY, DRUMS, LEE MORGAN, TRUMPET, WAYNE SHORTER, TENOR SAX, BOBBY TIMMONS, PIANO & JYMIE MERRITT, BASS.
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