Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Freedom Rider
RARITY - Sealed
Art Blakey, drums [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Art Blakey]
The Jazz Messengers: [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring The Jazz Messengers]
Bass – Jymie Merritt
Piano – Bobby Timmons
Written by Wayne Shorter (A1, B1), Art Blakey (A2), Lee Morgan (B2, B3)
1LP, Standard Sleeve
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : VMP (Vinyl Me Please)
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on February 12, 18 and May 27, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Alfred Lion
Originally released in 1964
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A
- Tell It Like It Is
- The Freedom Rider
Side B
- El Toro
- Petty Larceny
- Blue Lace
Review :
« The final recording by this edition of The Jazz Messengers (featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Jymie Merritt and drummer/leader Art Blakey) finds the group consolidating their year-and-a-half of experience into yet another exciting document. Blakey's unaccompanied drum feature on "The Freedom Rider" is full of drama while the rest of the program (two compositions apiece by Morgan and Shorter) makes this last chapter for this particular band quite memorable. » AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.71 / 5