ART BLAKEY/HANK MOBLEY/DONALD BYRD JAZZ MESSENGERS CL 897 DG 6-EYE JAZZ LP EX/EX
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ART BLAKEY/HANK MOBLEY/DONALD BYRD~JAZZ MESSENGERS~CL 897 DG 6-EYE JAZZ LP~EX/EX ART BLAKEY/HANK MOBLEY/DONALD BYRD~JAZZ MESSENGERS~CL 897 DG 6-EYE JAZZ LP~EX/EX
The Jazz Messengers ?– The Jazz Messengers
Columbia ?– CL 897
VERY RARE 1st PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC FROM 1956 - 62 YEARS AGO!
DEEP GROOVE PRESSING!
"6-EYE" LABELS!
COVER AND VINYL ARE BOTH IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!
COVER HAS STRONG SEAMS ALL AROUND AND NO SPLITS!
THERE IS A NAME WRITTEN IN PEN ON THE BACK.
VINYL HAS SOME PRESSURE MARKS FROM BEING STORED FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY BUT OTHERWISE ONLY LIGHT SCUFFING AND A FEW SMALL SURFACE SCRATCHES.
THE ALBUM PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY WITH LIGHT SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS AND ONLY AN OCCASIONAL LIGHT POP OR CLICK.
THE BEST COPY WE'VE EVER SEEN!
The very first edition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was unfortunately short-lived, and as excellent as they were collectively, it was the beginning of a trend for the members of this group to come and go. Unbeknown to Blakey at the time, he would become a champion for bringing talent from the high minor leagues to full-blown jazz-star status, starting with this band featuring Detroit trumpeter Donald Byrd, East coast tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, and pianist Horace Silver, a jazz legend ever after. It's evident that although there is much cohesion in the group, Byrd's star was on the rise the fastest, and he would leave shortly, replaced briefly by Clifford Brown, then Kenny Dorham. What is most remarkable in this first recording for the band is how several of these selections have become classic hard bop vehicles, revered and replayed by thousands of bands worldwide. "Nica's Dream" is the best known of them all, typical of the calypso beats Blakey favored at the time, with a singsong, hummable melody led by Byrd that is pure soul personified and drenched in unrequited blues. Their take of "The End of a Love Affair" is one of those arrangements that would be hard to top, filled with deft rhythm changes and a distinctive group signature sound identified by the Mobley-Byrd tandem. "Ecaroh" ("Horace" spelled backwards) keeps the Latin beat but puts in a breezier context, a simple beauty of a tune only the pianist and Blakey could have conceived, and called their own at the time. "Infra Rae" is a quintessential hard bop workout, and "Hank's Symphony," while not a classic, is innovative in that it uses an Asian-inspired introduction, an Afro-Cuban base, and a force like a wild hurricane via Blakey's fast, inspired, cut-loose drumming. In retrospect, the Jazz Messengers could easily be tagged the eighth wonder of the world, starting with this finely crafted first effort that definitely stands the test of time.
Tracklist
A1 Infra-Rae
A2 Nica's Dream
A3 It's You Or No One
B1 Ecaroh
B2 Carol's Interlude
B3 The End Of A Love Affair
B4 Hank's Symphony
Bass – Doug Watkins
Drums – Art Blakey
Piano – Horace Silver
Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley
Trumpet – Donald Byrd
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