The Best of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Blue Note Years

~ Release by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Moanin’
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1958-10-30)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-30)
piano:
Bobby Timmons (on 1958-10-30)
tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1958-10-30)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1958-10-30)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1958-10-30)
recording of:
Moanin’ (on 1958-10-30)
composer:
Bobby Timmons
publisher:
Orphum Music Inc.
49:36
2Blues March
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1958-10-30)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-10-30)
piano:
Bobby Timmons (on 1958-10-30)
tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1958-10-30)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1958-10-30)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1958-10-30)
recording of:
Blues March (on 1958-10-30)
composer:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
46:16
3Lester Left Town
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-03-06)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1960-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1960-03-06)
piano:
Bobby Timmons (on 1960-03-06)
tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1960-03-06)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1960-03-06)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-03-06)
recording of:
Lester Left Town (on 1960-03-06)
composer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
6:27
4A Night in Tunisia
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-08-14)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1960-08-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1960-08-14)
piano:
Bobby Timmons (on 1960-08-14)
tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1960-08-14)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1960-08-14)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-08-14)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1960-08-14)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
11:17
5Dat Dere
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-03-06)
producer:
Alfred Lion
bass:
Jymie Merritt
double bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1960-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1960-03-06)
piano:
Bobby Timmons (on 1960-03-06)
tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1960-03-06)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1960-03-06)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-03-06)
instrumental recording of:
Dat Dere (on 1960-03-06)
lyricist:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
composer:
Bobby Timmons
recording of:
Dat Dere
lyricist:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
composer:
Bobby Timmons
8:48
6Mosaic
bass:
Jymie Merritt (on 1961-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1961-10-02)
piano:
Cedar Walton (on 1961-10-02)
tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1961-10-02)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1961-10-02)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1961-10-02)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1961-10-02)
recording of:
Mosaic (on 1961-10-02)
composer:
Cedar Walton
8:14
7Free for All
bass:
Reggie Workman (on 1964-02-10)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1964-02-10)
piano:
Cedar Walton (on 1964-02-10)
tenor saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1964-02-10)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1964-02-10)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1964-02-10)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1964-02-10)
recording of:
Free for All (on 1964-02-10)
composer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
11:09