{"product_id":"art-blakey-jazz-messengers-limited-gatefold-180-gram-vinyl-with-bonus-tracks","title":"Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers - Limited Gatefold 180-Gram Vinyl with Bonus Tracks","description":"\u003cp\u003eJazz Messengers!!!!! catches Art Blakey's band at a turning point, and this limited Spanish import presses the 1961 session on 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, with two bonus tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded for Impulse!, it was the first album to feature the Messengers as a sextet, with Curtis Fuller's trombone joining Lee Morgan's trumpet and Wayne Shorter's tenor saxophone up front. Bobby Timmons on piano and Jymie Merritt on bass complete the line-up, and it marked Timmons' final recording with the group before Cedar Walton took over the piano chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat three-horn front line gives everything a fuller, richer voice. \"Alamode\" opens with a slinky theme and crisp ensemble writing, while \"Invitation\" turns the old standard into a brooding showcase, Shorter's entrance stretching the tension before the band surges forward. \"I Hear a Rhapsody\" swings with easy elegance, and \"You Don't Know What Love Is\" slows to a tender ballad that lets the horns sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath it all, Blakey drives the band with his trademark press rolls and explosive accents, pushing every soloist to dig deeper and play harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor hard bop fans, it is an essential snapshot of one of the genre's great finishing schools in transition, and it still sounds bracingly alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67761855955234,"sku":"8436563186608","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Art_Blakey-Jazz_Messengers-Limited_Gatefold_180-Gram_Vinyl_with_Bonus_Tracks.jpg?v=1794310011","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/art-blakey-jazz-messengers-limited-gatefold-180-gram-vinyl-with-bonus-tracks","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}