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Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
Big Beat
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Chess Players - Art Blakey, Shorter, Wayne
2. Sakeena's Vision - Art Blakey, Shorter, Wayne
3. Politely - Art Blakey, Hardman, Bill
4. Dat Dere - Art Blakey, Timmons, Bobby
5. Lester Left Town - Art Blakey, Shorter, Wayne
6. It's Only a Paper Moon - Art Blakey, Arlen, Harold
7. It's Only a Paper Moon [Alternate Take][#][Take] - Art Blakey, Arlen, Harold

CD Details

All Artists: Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
Title: Big Beat
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blue Note Japan
Release Date: 10/25/2000
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

With "The Big Beat" Art Blakey introduced a highly original saxophonist and composer to the jazz world. Wayne Shorter's "The Chess Players" and "Lester Left Town" have since become jazz standards. The album also gave the Jazz Messengers a hit with Bobby Timmons' "Dat Dere" and their version of "It's Only A Paper Moon" is hard bop at its most exciting. * bonus tracks, not part of the original LP ART BLAKEY, drums
LEE MORGAN, trumpet
WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax
BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
JYMIE MERRITT, bass

CD Reviews

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers At Their Best!

J. Rich | 09/27/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Drummer Art Blakey has recorded some great bebop albums in his day and this one is one them.

Joining Blakey on his trip down Splash Mountain are Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Bobby Timmons on piano, Jymie Merritt on bass, and of course Blakey on drums.

This album was recorded almost around the same time as "Moanin'" which features one of the hottest lineups of the Messengers' long history. Every song on this album is swinging like crazy and has strong melodies and great improvisations. This album features two of my favorite Messengers' tunes "Dat Dere" and "Sakeena's Vision."

If you're just getting into Art Blakey, then start with this album. If you enjoy good 60s bebop then buy this album.

The remastering of this album is very well done. It sounds great for 1960. It sounds like it's been cleaned up and that's always good thing.

Other great Messengers' albums "A Night in Tunisia," "Moanin," "Caravan," "Ugetsu," "Mosaic" and "Free For All," which features one of the most aggressive Blakey performances ever."