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(1955 – 1990)

Art Blakey and Horace Silver formed the Jazz Messengers in 1955 and co-led it. When Silver dropped out in the group’s first year the group name was changed to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter was a long-standing member of the group, joining after the departure of Benny Golson, while other young musicians like Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd, Jymie Merritt, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and Wynton Marsalis would come and go. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers continued to peform until shortly before Blakey’s death in 1990.

Art Blakey continues to be a legend among drummers, while the works of his Jazz Messengers are treasured among jazz musicians.

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1	Moanin'	552
2	Come Rain or Come Shine	346
3	Blues March full track	326
4	The Drum Thunder Suite	244
5	Are You Real	221
6	Dat Dere full track	216
7	A Night in Tunisia full track	208
8	Along Came Betty	166
9	Free for All full track	129
10	Moanin' (alternate take)	120
11	Warm-Up and Dialogue Between Lee and Rudy	100
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13	Mosaic full track	62
14	It's only a paper moon full track	60
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Morngrim wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Moanin' is a masterpiece.

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Normann111 wrote:
last month

moaning and mosaic are great!

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Phyllobius wrote:
August 2009

Genius!

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kolory_raju wrote:
June 2009

Moanin , taaaaaaaaak!

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Petatero wrote:
June 2009

No one will ever perform A night in Tunisia like The Jazz Messengers, not even Dizzy.

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TxusMx wrote:
June 2009

Pretty much the perfect band.

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KaBaToR wrote:
May 2009

mosaic!

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angelohg1 wrote:
April 2009

Mismo!!!!

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edgewaterluv wrote:
April 2009

Sweet melodies!

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Nigbuc wrote:
March 2009

the bassline in the solo section is superb.

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CaptureTheCat wrote:
March 2009

unbelievably crappy

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nathandl wrote:
February 2009

snap

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mandrak2000 wrote:
February 2009

Le Son.

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Shadows__ wrote:
February 2009

Awesome.

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Introspecto wrote:
January 2009

A Night in Tunisia!

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fovopack wrote:
December 2008

It's really music!

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bobthewalrus wrote:
December 2008

Buhaina's Delight is mad underrated.

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nenemahler wrote:
November 2008

I like very much his version of Caravan, it's amazing!

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dharmabum26 wrote:
November 2008

One of THE greatest jazz cuts EVER! Seriously.

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GuSaggi wrote:
November 2008

great jazz music!

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