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Description

Cassette Reissue of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' self-titled 1961 Impulse! album (catalog number MCAC-5886).

Album & Personnel Details

Title: Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!

Personnel: Art Blakey (drums), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Bobby Timmons (piano), Jymie Merritt (bass).

Recording Info: Recorded June 13–14, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder; Produced by Bob Thiele).

Release Details

Label:	MCA Impulse
Catalog Number:	MCA 5886
Format:	Cassette
Country:	US

Condition Grading

Media Condition:

Excellent (EX)

Play Tested

Sleeve Condition:

Tape Box is VG+ with very small punch hole.

Innersleeve/Inserts:

EX

Track Listing

Side A:

"Alamode" (Composed by Curtis Fuller) – 6:47
"Invitation" (Composed by Bronislaw Kaper) – 7:27
"Circus" (Composed by Alter / Russell) – 5:12

Side B:

4. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Composed by Raye / DePaul) – 6:56 (Features a stellar solo by Wayne Shorter)

5. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Composed by Fragos / Baker / Gasparre) – 6:31

6. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Composed by Andy Razaf / Don Redman) – 5:03 (An incredible blues feature for Lee Morgan's expressive trumpet work)

Shipping & Packaging

Safe Packaging: Records are safely removed from the outer sleeve prior to packing to completely eliminate structural seam splitting during transit. Shipped inside protective poly sleeves in a heavy-duty, rigid cardboard record mailer.
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