Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Drum Suite, 1957 on Columbia

Art Blakey is joined here (at least on the A-side) by Cuban drummers Candido and Sabu, with Ray Bryant, Oscar Pettiford, and Charles Wright. On the B side, Jackie McLean, Spanky DeBrest, Sam Dockery, and Bill Hardman join as the Jazz Messengers.

My copy—via private sale—is a 1950s Columbia Hollywood plant pressing with the 6-eye label. The artist is credited as “The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble” on both labels but the cover credits the B side to the Jazz Messengers.

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers:
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers:
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers:
🎵 Close Your Eyes

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Nice 1956 session, featuring Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins, Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley (who wrote 3 of the album's 7 tunes).

The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers

(1971 – Japan, Reissue, Mono, CBS/Sony – SONP 50440)

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers:
🎵 Moanin'

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Jymie Merritt van de Jazz Messengers in het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Ed van der Elsken, 1958

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