Credits:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Description:

Jazz giant Art Blakey celebrates his 100th birthday in 2019. Along with Blue Note comes a 2-CD set of his Columbia and RCA/Vik era works, the core of his repertoire. The M1 on Disc 1 and Disc 2 is a selection of great songs from his albums "The Jazz Messengers," "Hard Bop," and "A Night In Tunisia," released between 1956 and 1957. The M2 and later tracks on disc 2 are rare live recordings of the group's performances in Paris in 1958 and 1959.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1
1. NICA'S DREAM
2. THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR
3. ECAROH
4. CRANKY SPANKY
5. LITTLE MELONAE
6. NICA'S TEMPO
7. THE SACRIFICE
8. CUBANO CHANT
9. ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
10. COULDN'T IT BE YOU (TAKE 4)

Disc 2
1. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (TAKE 3)
2. MOANIN' WITH HAZEL (LIVE AT CLUB ST. GERMAIN. PARIS 1958)
3. EVIDENCE (WE NAMED IT JUSTICE) (LIVE AT CLUB ST. GERMAIN. PARIS 1958)
4. BLUES MARCH FOR EUROPE NO. 1 (LIVE AT CLUB ST. GERMAIN. PARIS 1958)
5. ALONG CAME MANON (LIVE AT CLUB ST. GERMAIN. PARIS 1958)
6. LESTER LEFT TOWN (LIVE AT LE THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES. PARIS 1959)
7. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (LIVE AT LE THEATRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES. PARIS 1959)