|
|
|
Clifford Brown (tp, 1-8,10-14) Lou Donaldson (as, 2-14) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Once in a While | Blue Note BLP 5037, Blue Note BLP 1521 |
 |
Quicksilver | - |
| 3. | Quicksilver (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1522 |
| 4. | Wee Dot | Blue Note BLP 5038, Blue Note BLP 1522 |
| 5. | Wee Dot (alt. take) | Blue Note BN-LA 473-J2, Blue Note [J] BNJ 61002 |
| 6. | Blues | - |
| 7. | The Way You Look Tonight | - |
| 8. | Lou's Blues | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61002 |
| 9. | If I Had You | Blue Note BLP 5039, Blue Note BLP 1522 |
| 10. | Now's the Time | - |
| 11. | Split Kick | Blue Note BLP 5037, Blue Note BLP 1521 |
| 12. | A Night in Tunisia | Blue Note BLP 5038, Blue Note BLP 1521, Blue Note [J] BNJ 71106 |
| 13. | Mayreh | Blue Note BLP 5038, Blue Note BLP 1521 |
| 14. | Confirmation | Blue Note BLP 5039, Blue Note BLP 1522 |
| Just prior to
forming the first edition of
the
Jazz Messengers, drummer
Art Blakey led a superb quintet at Birdland for a brief gig in 1954. The
band featured the great trumpeter
Clifford Brown, altoist
Lou
Donaldson, pianist
Horace Silver and bassist
Curly Russell in addition to the leader/drummer. All of the music has
since been reissued as part of a
Clifford Brown box set for Mosaic, but this is the original LP. The
first volume is highlighted by "A Night in Tunisia," "Quicksilver" and "Once
in a While" and finds all of the participants in inspired form. Classic bop.
-- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide The second volume taken from Art Blakey's pre-Jazz Messengers gig at Birdland features the immortal trumpeter Clifford Brown, altoist Lou Donaldson, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Curly Russell and the leader/drummer romping through the blues "Wee-Dot," two Charlie Parker tunes, an alternate version of "Quicksilver" and a Donaldson ballad feature on "If I Had You." All of the musicians are inspired, none more than Blakey who would soon form The Jazz Messengers as a permanent outlet for his hard-swinging drums. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey
Quintet, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 5037)
* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP
1521)
* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP
1522)
* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP
5038)
* Live Messengers (Blue Note BN-LA 473-J2)
* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 3 (Blue Note [J] BNJ
61002)
* A Night at Birdland with Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 3 (Blue Note BLP
5039)
* Soho Blue / various artists (Blue Note [J] BNJ 71106)
Miles Davis (tp) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| BN548-04 | The Leap | Blue Note BLP 5040, Blue Note BLP 1502 |
| BN549-06 | Lazy Susan | - |
| BN550-08 | Take Off | - |
| BN551-09 | Well, You Needn't | - |
| BN552-10 | Weirdo | - |
| BN553-12 | It Never Entered My Mind | Blue Note BLP 5040, Blue Note BLP 1502, Blue Note BST 89903, Blue Note BN-LA 159-G2 |
* Miles Davis, Vol. 3 (Blue Note BLP
5040)
* Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1502)
* Blue Note's Three Decades of Jazz, 1949-1959 / various artists (Blue
Note BST 89903)
* Decades of Jazz, Vol. 2 / various artists (Blue Note BN-LA 159-G2)
same personnel
 |
Four | Prestige LP 7054, Prestige LP 7822 |
| 557 | Old Devil Moon | Prestige LP 7054, Prestige LP 7352, Prestige LP 7822 |
| 558 | Blue Haze | Prestige LP 7054, Prestige LP 7822 |
* Blue Haze / Miles Davis (Prestige LP
7054)
* Miles Ahead / Miles Davis (Prestige LP 7822)
* Miles Davis Plays for Lovers (Prestige LP 7352)
Henry Dunant (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 10397 | In the Basement | EmArcy MG 26030 |
| 10398 | Little Girl Blue | - |
| 10399 | Autumn Breeze | - |
| Try a Little Tenderness | - | |
| On the Roof | - |
* Blakey Featuring Art Blakey (EmArcy MG 26030)
Freeman Lee (tp) Frank Foster (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Crazy | Blue Note BLP 5044 | |
| Crazy (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Abdullah | Blue Note BLP 5044 | |
| Chips | - | |
| Later for You | - | |
| Low Tide | - | |
| Maybe So | - |
* New Faces - New Sounds / Elmo Hope Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5044)
Ray Copeland (tp) Frank Foster (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Wee See | Prestige LP 7053, Prestige LP 7245, Prestige LP 7363 Prestige LP 7848 |
|
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | - | |
| Locomotive | - | |
| Hackensack | - |
* Thelonious Monk Quintets (Prestige LP
7053)
* Wee See / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7245)
* The Golden Monk / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7363)
* Blue Monk, Vol. 2 / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7848)
Joe Gordon (tp) Gigi Gryce (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Bernie Griggs (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Minority | EmArcy MG 26030 |
| 10543 | Salute to Birdland | - |
| 10544 | Eleanor | - |
| 10545 | Futurity | - |
| 10546 | Simplicity | - |
| 10547 | Strictly Romantic | - |
| 10548 | Hello | - |
| 10549 | May Rah | - |
* Blakey Featuring Art Blakey (EmArcy MG 26030)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Movin' Out | Prestige LP 7058, Prestige LP 7433 |
| Swinging for Bumsy | - | |
| Silk' n Satin | - | |
| Solid | - |
* Moving Out / Sonny Rollins (Prestige
LP 7058)
* Jazz Classics / Sonny Rollins (Prestige LP 7433)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Lou Donaldson (as) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| tk 3 | Caracas | Blue Note BLP 5055, Blue Note BLP 1537 |
| tk 4 | The Stroller | - |
| tk 6 | Moe's Bluff | - |
| tk 10 | After You've Gone | Blue Note BLP 5055, Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10 |
* Lou Donaldson Sextet, Vol. 2 (Blue
Note BLP 5055)
* Lou Donaldson Quartet, Quintet, Sextet (Blue Note BLP 1537)
* The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series / various artists (Blue Note [J]
BNJ 61008/10)
Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Blue Monk | Prestige LP 7027, Prestige LP 7159, Prestige LP 7508, Prestige LP 7848 | |
| Work | Prestige LP 7075, Prestige LP 7169, Prestige LP 7656, Prestige LP 7848 | |
| Nutty | - |
* Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige LP
7027)
* Monk's Moods / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7159)
* The High Priest / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7508)
* Blue Monk, Vol. 2 / Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7848)
* Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige LP 7075)
* Work / Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins (Prestige LP 7169)
* The Genius of Thelonious Monk (Prestige LP 7656)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Doodlin' | Blue Note BLP 5058, Blue Note BLP 1518, Blue Note BST 84325 | |
| Creepin' in | Blue Note BLP 5058, Blue Note BLP 1518 | |
| Room 608 | - | |
| Stop Time | - |
* Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 1 (Blue
Note BLP 5058)
* Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note BLP 1518)
* The Best of Horace Silver (Blue Note BST 84325)
Clark Terry (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Cecil Payne (brs) Horace Silver (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello) Art Blakey (d) Quincy Jones (arr)
| Swahili | EmArcy MG 36007 | |
| Double Play | - | |
| Slow Boat | - | |
| Co-op | - | |
| Kitten | - | |
| The Countess | - | |
| Tuma | - | |
| Chuckles | - | |
| Cat Meets Chick | - | |
| Mamblue | - |
* Clark Terry (EmArcy MG 36007)
Bud Powell (p) Lloyd Trotman (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Lover Come Back to Me | Verve MGV 8185 | |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | - | |
| Tenderly | - | |
| Thou Swell | - |
* Bud Powell, '57 (Verve MGV 8185)
same personnel
| The Best | Verve MGV 8154 | |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | - | |
| I Get a Kick Out of You (alt. take) | Verve VE2 2526 | |
| You Go to My Head | Verve MGV 8154 | |
| How High the Moon | Verve MGV 8185 |
* Bud Powell's Moods (Verve MGV 8154)
* The Genius of Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Verve VE2 2526)
* Bud Powell, '57 (Verve MGV 8185)
Randy Weston (p) Sam Gill (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Sweet Sue | Riverside RLP 227, Jazzland JLP 4 |
| Pam's Waltz | - | |
| Solemn Meditation | - | |
| Again | - | |
| Zulu | - |
* Trio and Solo / Randy Weston
(Riverside RLP 227)
* Zule / Randy Weston, Art Blakey (Jazzland JLP 4)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (brs) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| tk 2 | Venita's Dance | Blue Note BLP 1535 |
| tk 6 | K.D.'s Motion | - |
| tk 9 | K.D.'s Cab Ride [Echo of Spring] | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10, Blue Note [J] TOCJ 1601 |
| tk 12 | The Villa | Blue Note BLP 1535 |
* Afro-Cuban / Kenny Dorham (Blue Note
BLP 1535)
* The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series / various artists (Blue Note [J]
BNJ 61008/10)
* Blue Trails - The Rare Tracks / various artists (Blue Note [J] TOCJ
1601)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| The Preacher | Blue Note BLP 5062, Blue Note BLP 1518, Blue Note BST 84325 | |
| The Preacher (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Hippy | Blue Note BLP 5062, Blue Note BLP 1518 | |
| Hankerin' | - | |
| To Whom It May Concern | - |
* Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue
Note BLP 5062)
* Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note BLP 1518)
* The Best of Horace Silver (Blue Note BST 84325)
Julius Watkins (frh) Hank Mobley (ts, 1-4) Duke Jordan (p) Perry Lopez (g, 1,2,5) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Garden Delights | Blue Note BLP 5064 |
| 2. | Sparkling Burgundy | - |
| 3. | B and B | - |
| 4. | Jordu | - |
| 5. | Julie Ann | - |
* Julius Watkins Sextet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5064)
Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| My Sin | Blue Note BLP 5066 | |
| Just Coolin' | - | |
| Love for Sale | - | |
| Hank's Pranks | - | |
| Hank's Pranks (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Walkin' the Fence | Blue Note BLP 5066 | |
| Walkin' the Fence (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Avila and Tequila | Blue Note BLP 5066 |
* Hank Mobley Quartet (Blue Note BLP 5066)
Kenny Dorham (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (brs) Horace Silver (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Potato Valdez (cga) Richie Goldberg (cowbell, 1,2,4)
 |
Minor's Holiday (alt. take) | unissued |
| 2. tk 3 | Minor's Holiday | Blue Note BLP 5065, Blue Note BLP 1535 |
| 3. tk 5 | Basheer's Dream | - |
| 4. tk 7 | Afrodisia | Blue Note BLP 5065, Blue Note BLP 1535, Blue Note [J] BNJ 71106 |
| 5. tk 8 | Lotus Flower | Blue Note BLP 5065, Blue Note BLP 1535 |
* Afro-Cuban / Kenny Dorham (Blue Note
BLP 5065)
* Afro-Cuban / Kenny Dorham (Blue Note BLP 1535)
* Soho Blue / various artists (Blue Note [J] BNJ 71106)
Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Dance Line | Blue Note BLP 5068, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 |
| Step Tempest | - | |
| The Third World | - | |
| The Third World (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Blue Chopsticks | Blue Note BLP 5068, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 | |
| Double Exposure | - | |
| Double Exposure (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Cro-Mangnon Nights | Blue Note BLP 5068, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 | |
| Cro-Mangnon Nights (alt. take) | unissued |
* The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1
(Blue Note BLP 5068)
* The Third World / Herbie Nichols (Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2)
same personnel
| |
Crisp Day | Blue Note BLP 5069, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 |
| Brass Rings | - | |
| Brass Rings (alt. take) | unissued | |
| 2300 Skidoo | Blue Note BLP 5069, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 | |
| 2300 Skidoo (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Amoeba's Dance | Blue Note BLP 5069, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 | |
| It Didn't Happen | - | |
| It Didn't Happen (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Shuffle Montgomery | Blue Note BLP 5069, Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2 | |
| Shuffle Montgomery (alt. take) | unissued |
* The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2
(Blue Note BLP 5069)
* The Third World / Herbie Nichols (Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2)
Bud Powell (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)
| That Old Black Magic | Mythic Sound MS 6002 1 | |
| Like Someone in Love | - | |
| Star Eyes | - | |
| Blues in the Closet | - | |
| Hallucinations [aka Budo] | - |
* Burning in U.S.A., 53-55 / Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Mythic Sound MS 6002 1)
Duke Jordan (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Forecast | Signal S 1202, Savoy MG 12149, Savoy Jazz SJL 1169 |
|
| Sultry Eve | - | |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me | - | |
| A Night in Tunisia | - |
* Duke Jordan (Signal S 1202)
* Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (Savoy MG 12149)
* Flight to Jordan / Duke Jordan (Savoy Jazz SJL 1169)
Art Farmer (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Julius Watkins (frh) Bill Barber (tu) Gigi Gryce (as) Cecil Payne (brs) Horace Silver (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Ernestine Anderson (vo)
 |
Social Call | Savoy MG 12137 |
| [You'll Always Be] The One I Love | - |
* Nica's Tempo / Gigi Gryce (Savoy MG 12137)
Gigi Gryce (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| |
Shuffle Boil | Savoy MG 12137 |
| Brakes Sake | - | |
| Gallip's Gallop | - | |
| Nica's Tempo | - |
* Nica's Tempo / Gigi Gryce (Savoy MG 12137)
Eddie Bert (tb, 1-3,5) Cecil Payne (brs) Duke Jordan (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Flight to Jordan | Signal S 1202, Savoy MG 12149, Savoy Jazz SJL 1169 |
| 2. | Two Loves | - |
| 3. | Cu-Ba | - |
| 4. | Yesterdays | - |
| 5. | Scotch Blues | - |
* Duke Jordan (Signal S 1202)
* Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (Savoy MG 12149)
* Flight to Jordan / Duke Jordan (Savoy Jazz SJL 1169)
Kenny Dorham (tp, 1-3,5-11,13-16) Hank Mobley (ts, 1-8,10,11,13-16) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Soft Winds | Blue Note BLP 1507 |
| 2. | The Theme | - |
| 3. | Minor's Holiday | - |
| 4. | Alone Together | - |
| 5. | Prince Albert | - |
| 6. | Avila and Tequila | Blue Note BLP 1508 |
| 7. | Sportin' Crowd | - |
| 8. | Like Someone in Love | - |
| 9. | Yesterdays | - |
| 10. | I Waited for You | - |
| 11. | Lady Bird | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61007, Blue Note CDP 7 46521 2 |
| 12. | What's New? | - |
| 13. | Deciphering the Message | - |
| 14. | Just One of Those Things | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61007, Blue Note CDP 7 46522 2 |
| 15. | Hank's Symphony | - |
| 16. | Gone with the Wind | - |
| This first of two
LP volumes features the original version of
The
Jazz Messengers, the quintet co-led by drummer
Art Blakey and pianist
Horace Silver that also featured trumpeter
Kenny
Dorham,
Hank
Mobley on tenor and bassist
Doug
Watkins. Caught live, the band stretches out on such numbers as "Soft
Winds," ' "Minor's Holiday," "Alone Together" and
Dorham's "Prince Albert." Highly enjoyable and still timeless music. --
Scott Yanow, All Music Guide The second of two LP volumes showcasing the 1955 Jazz Messengers features Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley and Doug Watkins digging into such strong material as Mobley's "Sportin' Crowd," "Avila and Tequila" and three standards. This band has influenced jazz up to the present day and was in fine form for this live appearance. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
||
* The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia,
Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1507)
* The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1508)
* The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 3 (Blue Note [J] BNJ
61007)
* The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Blue Note CDP 7 46521
2)
* The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Blue Note CDP 7 46522
2)
Donald Byrd (tp) Joe Gordon (tp, 3-6) Hank Mobley (ts, 1-4) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Everything Happens to Me | Transition TRLP 4 |
| 2. | Hank's Other Tune | - |
| 3. | Doug's Blues | - |
| 4. | Hank's Tune | - |
| 5. | El Sinoa | - |
| 6. | Crazy Rhythm | Transition TRLP 30 |
* Byrd's Eye View / Donald Byrd
(Transition TRLP 4)
* Jazz in Transition / various artists (Transition TRLP 30)
Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Liza | Riverside RLP 209, Riverside RLP 267 |
| You Are Too Beautiful | Riverside RLP 209 | |
| Just You, Just Me | - |
* The Unique / Thelonious Monk
(Riverside RLP 209)
* Riverside Drive / various artists (Riverside RLP 267)
same personnel
| |
Honeysuckle Rose | Riverside RLP 209, Riverside RLP 483/84 |
| Darn That Dream | Riverside RLP 209 | |
| Tea for Two | - |
* The Unique / Thelonious Monk
(Riverside RLP 209)
* The Thelonious Monk Story (Riverside RLP 483/84)
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
It's You or No One | Columbia CL 897 |
| CO55745 | The End of a Love Affair | - |
| CO55746 | Nica's Dream | - |
| CO55747 | Infra-Rae | - |
| CO55748 | Carol's Interlude | - |
| Late Show | Columbia FC 38036 | |
| Ill Wind | ||
| The original
version of
The
Jazz Messengers only lasted around a year, cutting four albums before
the departure of pianist and chief composer
Horace Silver. This LP (which also features trumpeter
Donald Byrd,
Hank
Mobley's tenor and bassist
Doug
Watkins) is highlighted by the earliest recordings of two of
Silver's songs, "Nica's Dream" and "Ecaroh," and plenty of typically
hard swinging from the band. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide This CD reissue brings back the music on the earlier LP titled Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers, plus five other selections (just one of which is an alternate) from the same two sessions that were formerly out on imported sets; "Deciphering the Message" was previously unreleased altogether. These were the last recordings by the Art Blakey-Horace Silver Jazz Messengers before pianist Silver went out on his own and the first edition disbanded. Trumpeter Donald Byrd, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and bassist Doug Watkins (along with Silver and Blakey) are in excellent form. Silver's "Nica's Dream" is heard here in the original version, and the band is typically hard-swinging throughout the 76-minute-plus program. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
||
* The Jazz Messengers (Columbia CL 897)
* Originally (Columbia FC 38036)
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d) Rita Reys (vo)
| I Cried for You | Philips BO 8006L | |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to | - | |
| Takin' a Chance on Love | - | |
| That Old Black Magic | - |
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Philips BO 8006L)
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| CO56026 | Ecaroh | Columbia CL 897 |
| CO56027 | Hank's Symphony | - |
| Weird-O | Columbia FC 38036 | |
| Carol's Interlude (alt. take) | ||
| -This LP contains valuable performances by the early Jazz Messengers that sat unissued until decades later. Four selections feature the band when drummer Art Blakey and pianist Horace Silver were co-leaders; trumpeter Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley on tenor and bassist Doug Watkins were also in that quintet. Two numbers from June 1956 find Blakey as sole leader of The Messengers for the first time, heading an otherwise unrecorded unit with Byrd and multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan. This LP concludes with a humorous Gershwin medley from later in the year with altoist Jackie McLean and trumpeter Bill Hardman in prominent roles. Although not an essential set, Art Blakey fans will find this album to be a valuable gapfiller in the history of The Jazz Messengers. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide | ||
* The Jazz Messengers (Columbia CL 897)
* Originally (Columbia FC 38036)
Thad Jones (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Tony Scott (cl) Lee Konitz (as) Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts) Serge Chaloff (brs) Teddy Charles (vib) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Billie's Bounce | Clef MGC 743, Verve MGV 8030 |
* Metronome All-Stars / various artists
(Clef MGC 743)
* Metronome All-Stars / various artists (Verve MGV 8030)
Donald Byrd (tp) Ira Sullivan (tp, ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Lil T | Columbia FC 38036 | |
| The New Message | - |
* Originally (Columbia FC 38036)
Donald Byrd (tp) Ira Sullivan (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d) Rita Reys (vo)
| My One and Only Love | Philips BO 8006L | |
| Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year | - |
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Philips BO 8006L)
Stan Getz (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Broadway | Raretone FC 5010 |
* Stan Getz Special, Vol. 1 (Raretone FC 5010)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
| CO57023 | Cranky Spanky | Columbia CL 1040 |
| CO57024 | Stella by Starlight | - |
| CO57025 | Little Melonae | - |
| CO57026 | Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue / Summertime / Someone to Watch Over Me / The Man I Love |
Columbia FC 38036 |
| CO57027 | My Heart Stood Still | Columbia CL 1040 |
* Hard Bop (Columbia CL 1040)
* Originally (Columbia FC 38036)
same personnel
| CO57028 | D's Dilemma | Columbia CL 1002 |
| CO57029 | Just for Mary | - |
| CO57030 | Stanley's Stiff Chickens | Columbia CL 1040 |
| CO57031 | Nica's Tempo | unissued |
| This LP features The Jazz Messengers shortly after pianist Horace Silver departed to form his own band. With altoist Jackie McLean and trumpeter Bill Hardman as the key soloists (pianist Sam Dockery and bassist Spanky DeBrest completed the quintet), this group was already a potentially great outfit although its most glorious days were still in the future. Three group originals (including McLean's "Little Melonae") and two standards are performed during this fine set. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide | ||
* Drum Suite (Columbia CL 1002)
* Hard Bop (Columbia CL 1040)
Joe Newman (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Cannonball Adderley (as) Frank Foster (ts) Sahib Shihab (brs) Milt Jackson (vib) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Plenty, Plenty Soul | Atlantic LP 1269 | |
| Boogity Boogity | - | |
| Heartstrings | - |
* Plenty, Plenty Soul / Milt Jackson (Atlantic LP 1269)
Hank Mobley (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Reunion | Blue Note BLP 1544, Blue Note BN-LA 590-H2 | |
| Lower Stratosphere | - | |
| Mobley's Musings | - | |
| Ultra Marine | - | |
| Ultra Marine (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Don't Walk | Blue Note BLP 1544, Blue Note BN-LA 590-H2 |
* Hank Mobley and His All-Stars (Blue
Note BLP 1544)
* All-Star Bags / Milt Jackson (Blue Note BN-LA 590-H2)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Little T | Pacific Jazz PJ 15, Blue Note LT 1065 |
| Once upon a Groove | Pacific Jazz PJM 402, Blue Note LT 1065 | |
| Sam You Made the Bridge Too Long [Sam's Tune] | - | |
| Touche | ||
| Interesting,
uneven '57 date that contains a lengthy drum piece by
Blakey. This was not his greatest group, although alto saxophonist
Jackie McLean was among the hardest blowers he ever employed. Bassist
Spanky Debrest and trumpeter
Bill
Hardman were good musicians, but a notch below the others who filled
their roles in future
Messenger editions. -- Ron Wynn, All Music Guide Following the original all-star version of The Jazz Messengers and preceding the Lee Morgan-Benny Golson band of late 1958, the group that drummer Art Blakey led in 1957 has tended to be overlooked. Featuring altoist Jackie McLean and trumpeter Bill Hardman, this particular outfit soon set the standard for the many versions of The Jazz Messengers that would follow, featuring originals by Blakey's young sidemen, hard-swinging ensembles and increasingly distinctive solos. This hard-to-find LP is worth a search. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, The
Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land (Pacific Jazz PJ 15)
* Once upon a Groove (Blue Note LT 1065)
* Ritual (Pacific Jazz PJM 402)
Donald Byrd (tp, 1-4,6) Lou Donaldson (as, 1-4,6) Hank Mobley (ts, 1-4,6) Jimmy Smith (org) Eddie McFadden (g) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Funk's Oats | Blue Note BLP 1547 |
| 2. | Falling in Love with Love | - |
| 3. | I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | Blue Note BLP 1548 |
| 4. | Groovy Date | - |
| 5. | Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart | Blue Note BLP 1556 |
| 6. | First Night Blues | unissued |
* A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vol. 1 (Blue
Note BLP 1547)
* A Date with Jimmy Smith, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1548)
* The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note BLP 1556)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Exhibit A | Pacific Jazz PJ 15, Blue Note LT 1065 | |
| Scotch Blues | Pacific Jazz PJM 402, Blue Note LT 1065 | |
| Wake Up | - | |
| Comments by Art Blakey | Pacific Jazz PJM 402 | |
| Ritual | - |
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, The
Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land (Pacific Jazz PJ 15)
* Once upon a Groove (Blue Note LT 1065)
* Ritual (Pacific Jazz PJM 402)
Lou Donaldson (as, 1,2,4-6) Jimmy Smith (org) Kenny Burrell (g) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | All Day Long | Blue Note BLP 1551, Blue Note BST 89901 |
| 2. | Yardbird Suite | Blue Note BLP 1551, Blue Note BST 89903, Blue Note BN-LA 159-G2 |
| 3. | There's a Small Hotel | Blue Note BLP 1551 |
| 4. | Billie's Bounce | Blue Note BLP 1552 |
| 5. | Plum Nellie | - |
| 6. | Plum Nellie (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] K18P 9280 |
* Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 1 (Blue
Note BLP 1551)
* Jimmy Smith's Greatest Hits (Blue Note BST 89901)
* Blue Note's Three Decades of Jazz, 1949-1959 / various artists (Blue
Note BST 89903)
* Decades of Jazz, Vol. 2 / various artists (Blue Note BN-LA 159-G2)
* Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1552)
* The Singles / Jimmy Smith (Blue Note [J] K18P 9280)
Jimmy Smith (org) Art Blakey (d)
| The Duel | Blue Note BLP 1552 |
* Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1552)
Ray Bryant (p, 1,3) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello, 1,3) Art Blakey, Jo Jones (d) Charles `Specs' Wright (d, timp, gong) Candido, ``Sabu'' Martinez (bgo)
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Oscalypso | Columbia CL 1040 |
| 2. CO57064 | The Scanifice | Columbia CL 1002 |
| 3. CO57065 | Cubano Chant | - |
* Hard Bop (Columbia CL 1040)
* Drum Suite (Columbia CL 1002)
John Gilmore, Cliff Jordan (ts) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Bo-Till | Blue Note BLP 1549, Blue Note BN-LA 521-H2 | |
| Billie's Bounce | - | |
| Blue Lights | - | |
| Evil Eye | - | |
| Everywhere | - | |
| Status Quo | - | |
| Let It Stand | unissued |
* Blowing in from Chicago / Cliff Jordan,
John Gilmore (Blue Note BLP 1549)
* Blowin' Sessions / Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley (Blue
Note BN-LA 521-H2)
Herbie Mann (fl, 1,2,4-8) Ray Bryant (p, 1,2,4-8) Wendell Marshall (b, 1,2,4-8) Jo Jones, Art Taylor (d) Charles `Specs' Wright (d, 1,2,4-8) Art Blakey (d, vo, 1,2,4-8, d, 3) Potato Valdez, Jose Valiente (cga, 1,2,4-8) ``Sabu'' Martinez (bgo, tim, 1,2,4-8) Ubaldo Nieto (tim, 1,2,4-8) Evilio Quntero (concerro, maracas, tee log, 1,2,4-8)
 |
Buhaina | Blue Note BLP 1554 |
| 2. | Toffi | - |
| 3. | Split Skins | - |
| 4. | Ya Ya | - |
| 5. | Come Out Meet Me Tonight | Blue Note BLP 1555 |
| 6. | Amuck | - |
| 7. | Elephant Walk | - |
| 8. | Abdullah's Delight | - |
| This CD reissues one of the first percussion-oriented jazz records, although it was preceded two weeks earlier by Art Blakey's obscure Columbia set Drum Suite. For the Blue Note date, which was originally released as two LPs and is now available as a single CD, Blakey enlisted quite a lineup -- the leader, Art Taylor, Jo Jones, and Specs Wright on drums (with the latter two doubling on tympani), five percussionists, flutist Herbie Mann, pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Wendell Marshall. Mann plays a variety of African wood flutes, except on the final number, a conventional blues featuring his regular flute. With percussionist Sabu leading the chanting and taking three vocals (Blakey himself sings a little on "Toffi"), the music is quite African-oriented and generally holds one's interest, preceding Max Roach's M'Boom by over 20 years. Mostly for specialized tastes, this is a set that drummers should consider essential. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide | ||
* Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP
1554)
* Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1555)
Art Farmer (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Funk in Deep Freeze | Blue Note BLP 1550 | |
| Funk in Deep Freeze (alt. take) | unissued | |
| Fin de L'affaire | Blue Note BLP 1550 | |
| Base on Balls | - | |
| Stella Wise | - | |
| Wham and They're Off | - | |
| Wham and They're Off (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61005 | |
| Startin' from Scratch | Blue Note BLP 1550 |
* Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BLP
1550)
* Senor Blues / Horace Silver Rare Tracks (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61005)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Casino | Elektra EKL 120, Savoy MG 12171 |
| The Biddie Griddies | - | |
| Potpourri | - | |
| Ugh! | - | |
| Mirage | - | |
| Reflections of Buhaina | - | |
| Unknown Tune | Savoy Jazz ZDC 4409 | |
| The 1957 edition of The Jazz Messengers heard throughout this enjoyable LP features altoist Jackie McLean, trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Sam Dockery, bassist Spanky DeBrest and leader/drummer Art Blakey. Already at this early stage, the band was the epitome of hard bop and just beginning to become an influential force. Although none of these six selections (three by tuba player Ray Draper) would become standards, the music is consistently excellent and typically hard swinging. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide | ||
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz
Messengers (Elektra EKL 120)
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (Savoy MG 12171)
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (Savoy Jazz ZDC 4409)
Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
I Talk to the Trees | Vik LAK 1103 |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | - | |
| On the Street Where You Live | - | |
| There But for You Go | - | |
| They Called Me Wind Maria | - | |
| Almost Like Being in Love | - | |
| One of the
rarest of all
Art Blakey records, this LP finds
The
Jazz Messengers (featuring new member
Johnny Griffin on tenor and trumpeter
Bill
Hardman) performing jazz versions of six show tunes by
Lerner And Loewe including three ("Almost Like Being in Love," "I Could
Have Danced All Night" and "On the Street Where You Live") that would soon
become standards. Despite some of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the
songs, this date is quite successful and should be reissued on CD someday.
-- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide This is an interesting CD reissue of formerly rare material from the second version of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The first six selections are the full contents of a long-out-of-print Vik LP which find the Messengers (with tenor-saxophonist Johnny Griffin, trumpeter Bill Hardman, pianist Sam Dockery, bassist Spanky DeBrest and the drummer/leader) playing six songs by Lerner and Loewe including "Almost Like Being in Love," "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." In addition, the same group is heard on two previously unreleased alternate takes with altoist Jackie McLean (who was actually Griffin's predecessor) making the band a sextet, and there are three numbers (including two "new" takes) from an expanded unit (called "The Jazz Messengers Plus Two") which features such players as a very young Lee Morgan (making his debut with Blakey a year before he joined the group), Hardman, trombonist Melba Liston, Griffin and pianist Wynton Kelly. But rarity aside, the performances should please straightahead jazz fans. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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* Selections from Lerner and Loewe's (Vik LAK 1103)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Scotch Blues | Cadet LP 4049 | |
| Flight to Jordan | - | |
| Transfiguration | - | |
| Rhapsody in Blue | - | |
| Summertime | - | |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | - | |
| The Man I Love | - | |
| Exhibit A | - |
* Tough! (Cadet LP 4049)
Bill Hardman, Lee Morgan (tp) Melba Liston (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Cecil Payne (brs) Wynton Kelly (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
A Night at Tony's | RCA Bluebird 6126-1-RB |
| A Night at Tony's (take 3) | RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2 | |
| Social Call | RCA Bluebird 6126-1-RB | |
| Social Call (take 4) | RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2 |
* Theory of Art (RCA Bluebird 6126-1-RB)
* 1957 Second Edition (RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2)
Lee Morgan (tp) John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)
| tk 1 | Smoke Stack (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7243 4 99009 2 |
| tk 2 | Smoke Stack | Blue Note BLP 1559, Blue Note BN-LA 521-H2 |
| tk 3 | The Way You Look Tonight | - |
| tk 4 | Ball Bearing | - |
| tk 5 | All the Things You Are | - |
* A Blowing Session / Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2
(Blue Note CDP 7243 4 99009 2)
* A Blowing Session / Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1559)
* Blowin' Sessions / Johnny Griffin, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley (Blue
Note BN-LA 521-H2)
Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
| H4JB3338 | Off the Wall | Vik LAX 1115 |
| H4JB3338-5 | Off the Wall (take 5) | RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2 |
| H4JB3339 | A Night in Tunisia | Vik LAX 1115 |
| H4JB3340 | Couldn't It Be You? | - |
| H4JB3340-3 | Couldn't It Be You? (take 3) | RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2 |
| H4JB3341 | Theory of Art | Vik LAX 1115 |
| H4JB3342 | Evans | - |
| This CD contains
two unique sessions in the history of
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Five numbers feature a sextet that
includes both altoist
Jackie McLean, who had recently left the band, and his replacement,
tenor saxophonist
Johnny Griffin along with trumpeter
Bill
Hardman; "A Night in Tunisia" best shows off this short-lived group. The
remaining two numbers were unissued until this CD came out and feature
Blakey heading a nonet that included future Messenger
Lee
Morgan, trombonist
Melba
Liston and
Griffin. The music is consistently excellent and also succeeds as a
historical curiosity that should greatly interest
Blakey collectors. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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* A Night in Tunisia (Vik LAX 1115)
* 1957 Second Edition (RCA Bluebird 07863-66661 2)
J.J. Johnson (tb, 1-5) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p, 1-5) Thelonious Monk (p, 5,6) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Why Don't I? | Blue Note BLP 1558, Blue Note BN-LA 401-H2 |
| 2. | You Stepped Out of a Dream | - |
| 3. | Poor Butterfly | - |
| 4. | Wail March | Blue Note BLP 1558 |
| 5. | Misterioso | Blue Note BLP 1558, Blue Note BN-LA 401-H2 |
| 6. | Reflections | - |
* Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP
1558)
* Sonny Rollins Best Album (Blue Note BN-LA 401-H2)
Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d) ``Sabu'' Martinez (bgo)
| Woody'n You | Jubilee JLP 1049 | |
| Sakeena | - | |
| Shorty | - | |
| Dawn on the Street | - | |
| This double LP combines together two totally unrelated sessions that happened to be recorded on the same day for Roulette. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (with tenor great Johnny Griffin, trumpeter Bill Hardman and guest Sabu Martinez on congas) stretches out on four numbers which include "Woodyn' You" and Charlie Shavers's "Dawn on the Harvest" while altoist John Handy (heard in his first session as a leader), who would join Charles Mingus the following year, mostly sounds pretty individual on his six selections with a quartet. Enjoyable if not essential music, hard bop from the late '50s. -- Scott Yanow, All Music | ||
* Cu-bop / Art Blakey and His Jazz Messengers with Sabu and a Bongo (Jubilee JLP 1049)
Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)
 |
Blue Monk | Atlantic LP 1278 |
| 2561 | I Mean You | - |
* Jazz Connection / Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic LP 1278)
same personnel
|
|
Rhythm-a-Ning | Atlantic LP 1278 |
| 2563 | Purple Shades | - |
| 2564 | Evidence | - |
| 2565 | In Walked Bud | - |
| This was an ideal matchup, one that should have been repeated in future years. Art Blakey was always one of the perfect drummers for Thelonious Monk's music, matching the innovative pianist's percussive excitement while leaving him plenty of space. Blakey's tenorman Johnny Griffin also proved to have a perfect understanding of Monk's music, joining Monk's quartet the following year. With trumpeter Bill Hardman and bassist Spanky DeBrest completing the quintet, five of Monk's finest compositions plus Griffin's "Purple Shades" are explored on this LP. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide | ||
* Jazz Connection / Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic LP 1278)
Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)
| Crepuscule with Nellie | Riverside [J] VIJ 5102/23 | |
| Crepuscule with Nellie (inc.) | - | |
| Blues for Tomorrow | Riverside RLP 243 |
* The Complete Riverside Recordings /
Thelonious Monk (Riverside [J] VIJ 5102/23)
* Blues for Tomorrow / various artists (Riverside RLP 243)
Ray Copeland (tp, 1-10) Gigi Gryce (as, 1-10) Coleman Hawkins (ts) John Coltrane (ts, 1-10) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)
| 1. | Off Minor (take 1/3) | unissued |
| 2. | Off Minor (take 4) | Jazzland JLP 46, Riverside RLP 490 |
| 3. | Off Minor (take 5) | Riverside RLP 242, Riverside RLP 1102, Riverside RLP 421 |
| 4. | Crepuscule with Nellie (take 1/3) | unissued |
| 5. | Crepuscule with Nellie (take 4+5) | Riverside [J] VIJ 5102/23 |
| 6. | Crepuscule with Nellie (take 6) | Riverside RLP 242, Riverside RLP 1102 |
| 7. | Epistrophy (alt. take) | Jazzland JLP 46, Riverside RLP 490 |
| 8. | Epistrophy | Riverside RLP 242, Riverside RLP 1102 |
| 9. | Well, You Needn't (opening) | Riverside [J] VIJ 5102/23 |
| 10. | Well, You Needn't | Riverside RLP 242, Riverside RLP 1102, Riverside RLP 483/84 |
| 11. | Ruby, My Dear | Riverside RLP 242, Riverside RLP 1102, Riverside RLP 421, Riverside RLP 483/84 |
* Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
(Jazzland JLP 46)
* Monk and Coltrane / Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane (Riverside RLP 490)
* Monk's Music / Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 242)
* Monk's Music / Thelonious Monk (Riverside RLP 1102)
* Thelonious Monk Greatest Hits (Riverside RLP 421)