ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – DRUM SUITE – 180g Impex Records

ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - DRUM SUITE - 180G Impex Records One of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. Blakey is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. Recorded in 1956, Art Blakey’s Drum Suite is a wonderful hybrid of African, Latin, and hard bop rhythms that prefigures the concept of Afro-beat by at least a decade, and the sheer energy, not to mention its very special and fresh-sounding intimacy, make it especially astounding. Even more amazing is that the three parts of the suite — Blakey’s “The Sacrifice,” Ray Bryant’s “Cubano Chant,” and Oscar Pettiford’s “Oscalypso” — were recorded straight through live, and were only intended to be a pre-take run-through, but as is obvious here, Blakey and company nailed the whole thing right out of the box. Groundbreaking for its time, and still sounding vital, powerful, and visionary, the Drum Suite album is somewhat of a lost masterpiece that deserves a fresh audience Track Listings A1 The Sacrifice 05:17 A2 Cubano Chant 03:58 A3 Oscalypso 08:41 B1 Nica’s Tempo 08:17 B2 Dee’s Dilemma 08:26 B3 Just For Marty 05:47 -50%New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco De Lucia SATURDAY Night In San Francisco Limited Edition Audiophile CD £29.99 £15.00 New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – DRUM SUITE – 180g Impex Records £49.95 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Bud Shank – Barefoot Adventure – Impex Records 180g Vinyl LP £55.00 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Bud Shank – Barefoot Adventure – Impex Records SACD £37.00 -62%New Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Carol Kidd – Both Sides Now – UHQCD £39.95 £15.00 Quick view Add to wishlist Add to basket Duke Ellington – Ellington Indigos – Impex Records Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45rpm 2LP (Indigo Purple Vinyl) £99.95