The Story
Art Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. This Album of the Year LP, originally released in 1981, features the Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey.
Track list:
Side A
1. Cheryl
2. Ms. B.C
3. in Case You Missed It
Side B
1. Little Man
2. Witch Hunt
3. Soulful Mister Timmons
Description
Art Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. This Album of the Year LP, originally released in 1981, features the Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey.
Track list:
Side A
1. Cheryl
2. Ms. B.C
3. in Case You Missed It
Side B
1. Little Man
2. Witch Hunt
3. Soulful Mister Timmons
