ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Four Classic Albums (Hard Bop / Drum Suite / !! Impulse!! Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!! / Caravan) (2CD)(2 CDs)

AVID Jazz presents the latest release in our Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.“Hard Bop”; “Drum Suite”; “!! Impulse!! Art Blakey!! The Jazz Messengers!!” and “Caravan”.To emphasise the importance of ART BLAKEY in the history of jazz, this release is our third outing from the great man. This is what we said before... AMSC 1017: Just as Miles had a constant stream of seasoned players in his bands and provided a training ground for young and upcoming musicians, so did Art Blakey with his Jazz Messengers. The list of greats and future greats is certainly impressive from Donald Byrd to Wayne Shorter taking in John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Johnny Griffin and dozens more! Here we find the powerhouse drummer on fine form in a number of different settings. The Big Band was no stranger to Art having cut his teeth with Fletcher Henderson as far back as