I'm stoked that I have more great jazz records to discover. I recently listened to Dad's copy of At the Bohemia, and really dug it, but this was a couple of years before Golson joined the band. Thanks for sharing the story about Jack and Benny. When our oldest was a baby, she could only be calmed by The Best of the Fleetwoods, especially "Outside My Window".
My favorite Jazz Messengers album happens to be the first one. Here's a link to the Wikipedia page. But Blakey went through so many lineups with so many brilliant musicians, the music changed drastically from period to period- outside of Art pounding away. There's great music in all of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers_(album)
Thanks for this, Paul.
I'm stoked that I have more great jazz records to discover. I recently listened to Dad's copy of At the Bohemia, and really dug it, but this was a couple of years before Golson joined the band. Thanks for sharing the story about Jack and Benny. When our oldest was a baby, she could only be calmed by The Best of the Fleetwoods, especially "Outside My Window".
My favorite Jazz Messengers album happens to be the first one. Here's a link to the Wikipedia page. But Blakey went through so many lineups with so many brilliant musicians, the music changed drastically from period to period- outside of Art pounding away. There's great music in all of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers_(album)