Art Blakey

Art Blakey - The Jazz Messenger (1956) {Columbia Jazz Masterpieces, CK 47118 rel 1991})
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 321 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 129 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 14 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1956, 1991 Columbia / Sony Music | CK 47118
Jazz / Hard Bop / Drums

Digitally remastered from the original analog masters. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers not only supplied consistently exciting and innovative music for nearly 40 years, but also provided the experience and mentoring for young musicians to learn their trade.

Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1957) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series, WPCR-27006}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 381 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 153 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 18 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remaster
© 1957, 2012 Atlantic / Warner Japan | WPCR-27006 EU
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / Piano

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Angular Monk meets hard-driving Art Blakey – in a session that's quite unique, and which has gone onto become one of the best-remembered Atlantic jazz sessions of the late 50s! The album features Blakey in that key non-Blue Note year of 1957 – a time when he was working with a variety of players, at a variety of labels, and taking some real chances with his music before settling into his more established hit Jazz Messengers sound.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Live At Umbria Jazz 1976 (2002) {TDK} [DVD5 PAL]
DVD5 -> 4.04 Gb | All Regions | PAL 4:3 | 01:01:18 | ISO Image
Audio: LinearPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 6 ch
© 2002 TDK Recording / Polivideo
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop

Orginally recorded in 1976, this production features a live performance from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The usual suspects make up the band – Bill Hardman on Trumpet, Mickey Tucker on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, and Blakey on his signature drums – and songs include "Backgammon," "Along Came Betty," "Uranus," "Blues March," "All the Things You Are," and "Gipsy Folk Tales." Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers on disc has trailers for other TDK jazz releases and a text biography of Art Blakey. The 4:3 picture is sometimes slightly soft and displays the usual faults of live concert footage shot on video, but is generally much better than expected for its age. The sound defaults to good stereo but the Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 remixes add considerably to the sense of a occasion. The DTS track is particularly weighty and almost tangible in its presence.