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Drum Suite - Remastered Mono 180 Gram - 2500 Only

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Drum Suite (Impex Records limited edition 6-track mono LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, with replica Columbia 6-eye labels. The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble's 1957 album remastered and cut by Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus from original analogue mono master tapes and without any processing that would keep you from the energy of this rarified experience! High quality tip-on jacket picture sleeve with original cover artwork, individually numbered from an edition of just 2500 copies. Recommended)

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Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Impex Records
Complete Stock List Go to Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Product Catalogue No IMP6019
Music Genre Jazz
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
 
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Following on the heels of our spirited Jazz Messenger release Hard Bop is one of our absolute favorite Art Blakey discs: Drum Suite. Whether he intended to or not, Blakey (along with drummer “Papa” Jo Jones, percussionists Sabu and Candido, pianist Ray Bryant, percussionist Charles Wright, and bassist Oscar Pettiford) invented Afrobeat jazz, spearheading a movement that would bring us Herb Alpert, Joabim Giberto, and many others.

Recorded on first take, the three movement suite on side one is a rousing display of drums, congas, piano and bass, with some great shout-chanting thrown in for good measure. The feeling is joyful and assertive, while the incredible musicianship of Blakey and his men tie it all down. Interspersed with the tribal drumming is Bryant bringing the hard be-bop stylings, both throwing off and digging in to the groove simultaneously. Somehow this melange of vastly differing styles works perfectly, creating a work that Steve Leggett of All Music Guide to rave: “groundbreaking for it’s time, and still sounding vital, powerful and visionary. Drum Suite is sort of a lost masterpiece that deserves a fresh audience.”

We couldn’t agree more, so we made some for 2,500 of our closest friends (you know who you are!). Our 180-gram LP was cut by Kevin Gray and Robert Pincus with original analog mono master tapes and without any processing that would keep you from the energy of this rarified experience. Side two contains some outstanding Messengers jams with Blakey’s usual cohorts at the time (Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Spanky DeBrest, and Sam Dockery) played with typical fiery abandon. As Blakey told Hardman, “don’t worry about a thing: just wail.” Indeed.

Side 1
1. The Sacrifice
2. Cubano Chant
3. Oscalypso

Side 2
1. Nico’s Tempo
2. D’s Dilemna
3. Just for Marty

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Recording Artist Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Product Title Drum Suite - Remastered Mono 180 Gram - 2500 Only
Product Information Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Drum Suite - Remastered Mono 180 Gram - 2500 Only USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Bill Hardman, Bobby Timmons, Horace Silver, Junior Cook, Ramon Morris
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