Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Big Beat (LP Vinyl)
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Blakey ran the Jazz Messengers as a school as much as a band, and the 1960 edition captured here was among his most talented graduating classes. Morgan and Shorter would both go on to shape the next decade of jazz, and hearing them together in this configuration, still young and burning, is a reminder of how reliably Blakey's ear for talent was decades ahead of the rest of the music world.
Art Blakey's 1960 hard bop classic, The Big Beat, introduced one of the greatest line-ups of the Jazz Messengers with the legendary drummer joined by Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt. 3 of the 6 tunes were composed by Shorter, but the album is best-known for an unforgettable version of Timmons' enduring hit "Dat Dere." Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 602438176113
Label: Blue Note Records
Release Date: 11.19.21
Format: LP Vinyl