The Jazz Messengers (album)
1956 studio album by The Jazz Messengers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Jazz Messengers is the first studio album by the Jazz Messengers, released in 1956 by Columbia Records. It was their fourth overall album (after the two At the Cafe Bohemia live albums and the 1956 compilation), and also their last recording to feature the group's co-founder, Horace Silver, on piano.
The Jazz Messengers | ||||
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Studio album by The Jazz Messengers | ||||
Released | November 1956[1] | |||
Recorded | April 6 & May 4, 1956 Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, hard bop | |||
Length | 77:14 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 897; CK 65265 (1997) | |||
Producer | George Avakian Michael Cuscuna (1997) | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Tom Hull | A−[4] |
In 1968, Columbia reissued the LP in their Jazz Odyssey Series with a new cover under the title Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers. In 1997 the album was digitally remastered and released on CD, again with its original title and cover, featuring all the tracks from the original LP along with five additional tracks from the same recording sessions that were previously released only on foreign imports.