Jazz LP BLUE NOTE 84170 ART BLAKEY “Free For All” stereo ear NY USA NM superb
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Description
Artist: ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS
Title: “Free For All”
Label: BLUE NOTE. Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. Labels are blue/white, without deep groove. (Catalog number is BST 84170.
Label address is “BLUE NOTE RECORDS INC * NEW YORK USA” on both sides.
“VAN GELDER” is stamped in the runout groove on both sides. The Plastylite (“ear”) symbol is stamped on both sides.
Jacket address is as follows: “For Complete Catalog Write to BLUE NOTE RECORDS INC., 43 West 61ST St., New York 23”
Year: 1964
Personnel:
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Curtis Fuller – trombone
Wayne Shorter – tenor sax
Cedar Walton – piano
Reginald Workman – bass
Art Blakey - drums.
Condition:
DISC: Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found except one very small superficial scuff on Side 2 (not audible). Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care. Labels are clean. Fidelity is superb. A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.
JACKET: Jacket is nice VG++. Displays nicely. Front artwork is clean and bright. Light wear on bottom seam in a couple places, and at corner tips. Top seam and spine are excellent. Reverse has a few very light crayon marks; otherwise is clean with no other writing or stickers. Not a deletion/cutout. Overall a very nice jacket to accompany the beautiful disc.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Free For All
- Hammer Head
Side Two:
- The Core
- Pensativa
Review:
“Free For All is a high point in drummer Art Blakey's enormous catalog. This edition of the Jazz Messengers had been together since 1961 with a lineup that would be hard to beat: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet (his last session with the Messengers), Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Cedar Walton on piano, and Reggie Workman on bass. Shorter's title track is one of the finest moments in the Jazz Messengers' history. In the eight minutes of "Free for All," an emotional apex is reached that skirts the edge of free bop without losing Blakey's rhythmic glue. Another Shorter composition, "Hammer Head," is a mid-tempo soul-blues groove, with Shorter, Hubbard, and Fuller taking exceptional solos while Blakey keeps the mid-tempo vigorously swinging. Hubbard's "The Core," dedicated to the Congress of Racial Equality, comes close to capturing the heat of the title cut, as it contains similar fiery interplay. The session's closer, Clare Fischer's "Pensativa" (brought to the Messengers’ songbook by Hubbard), would remain a favorite with Blakey for years. A passionate Jazz Messengers workout that proves essential.”
(courtesy Al Campbell, allmusic.com.)
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