Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley has been called underrated so many times that the word may as well have been his middle name, and when combined with the numerous financial, personal, and health issues the saxophonist endured during his career, it all added up to a middle of the pack…
Urbie Green (tb) Gil Melle (ts, bars) Tal Farlow (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Joe Morello (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 25, 1953
Gil Melle (bars) Lou Mecca (g) Bill Phillips (b) Vinnie Thomas (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 5, 1954
Don Butterfield (tu) Gil Melle (bars) Lou Mecca (g) Bill Phillips (b) Vinnie Thomas (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 27, 1955
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 2, 1952 Eddie Bert (tb) Gil Melle (ts) Joe Manning (vib) George Wallington (p) Red Mitchell (b) Max Roach (d) Monica Dell Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 31, 1953 Eddie Bert (tb) Gil Melle (ts) George Wallington (p) Tal Farlow…
When Art Blakey founded the Jazz Messengers, his initial goal was to not only make his mark on the hard bop scene, but to always bring younger players into the fold, nurture them, and send them out as leaders in their own right. Pianist Horace Silver, trumpeter Clifford Brown,…
On this follow-up volume of recordings done live at Birdland from the second-edition “Jazz Messengers” (officially the Art Blakey Quintet), there are extraordinary high points, along with low points that either result from tiredness or a lack or preparation. With trumpeter Clifford Brown taking over briefly for Donald Byrd,…
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 is a 1955 live album release by jazz drummer Art Blakey for Blue Note Records. It featured the third incarnation of the Jazz Messengers, Blakey’s career-spanning band, and is the first of two volumes recorded on November 23, 1955 at Café Bohemia, a famous night club in Greenwich Village in New York. With the July…
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 is a 1955 live album release by jazz drummer Art Blakey. It was first released by Blue Note Records. This record featured the third incarnation of The Jazz Messengers, one of Blakey’s most endearing bands, and was the second of two volumes recorded at Café Bohemia, a famous night club in Greenwich…
Africaine includes 1959 recordings by jazz artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. These recordings were not released until over 20 years after it was recorded. This album features tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter in his first recording with The Jazz Messengers, the great trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Walter Davis, Jr. and bassist Jymie Merritt.