In My Prime [RSD 2022 Exclusive] [Import]

KEY FEATURES Released exclusively for Record Store Day 2022 (6/18/22 RSD Drop Date) Limited 180g 2xLP PURPLE Vinyl Edition (2500 copies) Housed in gatefold jacket with OBI strip & sleeve notes The complete “In My Prime” NYC sessions Recorded at the CI Studios NYC in December 1977 Featuring an all-star line-up RELEASE DESCRIPTION Art Blakey (1919–1990) actually needs little introduction, the American Jazz drummer and bandleader made a name for himself in the 1940s & 1950s playing with contemporaries such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. He is often considered to have been Thelonious Monk’s most empathetic drummer (he played on both Monk’s first recording session in 1947 and his final one in 1971). In the decades that followed Blakey recorded for all THE labels that mattered in the field of jazz (Columbia, Blue Note, Atlantic, RCA, Impulse!, Riverside, Prestige, Verve, etc.). His collaborations were numerous and included working with equally legendary artis