Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All - Blue Note Classic LP
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All - Blue Note Classic LP
Details
Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
180g Vinyl LP
Mastered by Kevin Gray from Original Analog Tapes
Pressed at Optimal
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Free for All was perhaps the band's most potent album featuring a powerful sextet line-up with the great drummer joined by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Cedar Walton, and bassist Reggie Workman. Recorded in February 1964, it had been more than two years since the Messengers had recorded for Blue Note, and the music bristled with the charged energy of the civil rights movement including the blistering title track and roiling "Hammer Head," both composed by Shorter, as well as Hubbard's kinetic piece "The Core" dedicated to the Congress of Racial Equality. The album closes in a joyful mood with a timeless rendition of Clare Fischer's bossa nova flavored jazz standard "Pensativa."
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Features
- Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
- 180g Vinyl LP
- Stereo
- All-Analog Pressing
- Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from Original Analog Tapes
- Manufactured at Optimal in Germany
Musicians
| Freddie Hubbard | trumpet |
|---|---|
| Curtis Fuller | trombone |
| Wayne Shorter | tenor sax |
| Cedar Walton | piano |
| Reginald Workman | bass |
| Art Blakey | drums |
Selections
Side A:
- Free for All
- Hammer Head
Side B:
- The Core
- Pensativa
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