Holiday for Skins
Released: Jun 6, 2006
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Released: Jun 6, 2006
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Art Blakey, who visited Africa several times, has been cited as saying jazz couldn't have happened there, that it could only have happened in America when and where it did, but Blakey was also...
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Quicksilver Live at Birdland NYC
Released: Apr 25, 2006
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Released: Apr 25, 2006
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Art Blakey's Quicksilver Live at Birdland NYC is simply an import release of Blue Note's A Night at Birdland, Vol. 2. It's got a decent slipcase, but as to whether it's an authorized reissue or not...
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Live! At Slug's N.Y.C.
Released: Feb 7, 2006
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Released: Feb 7, 2006
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The 1968 version of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers did not record any studio albums and was only captured on two club sessions. The most notable soloist in the group at the time was tenor saxophonist...
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Drum Suite - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Aug 16, 2005
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Released: Aug 16, 2005
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Recorded in 1956, Art Blakey's Drum Suite was a wonderful hybrid of African, Latin, and hard bop rhythms that prefigured the concept of Afro-beat by at least a decade, and the sheer energy and...
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The Big Beat - RVG EDITION
Released: Jul 19, 2005
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Released: Jul 19, 2005
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Perhaps the best-known and most loved of Art Blakey's works, The Big Beat is a testament to the creative progress of one of the best jazz drummers of all time. Now over 40-years-old, The Big Beat...
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