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Review: Indestructible Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Horns in a tight ensemble setting, with borrowings from rhythm 'n' blues and gospel in the mix - the Jazz Messengers were at their musical peak when Art Blakey led them on this set from 1964, his last for Blue Note
Music • 26 Jan 21

Review: Just Coolin' Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

This previously unreleased studio album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers from 1959 should be Mannah from heaven for lovers of curiously easeful hard bop.
Features • 03 Sep 20

Review: 5 Original Albums - Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith reinvented the possibilities of the Hammond organ in the 1950s and 1960s and his Blue Note sessions from 1956 to 1963 drive the increasing popularity of the instrument in jazz ensembles thereafter.
Music Reviews • 24 Sep 18

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