Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Drum Suite
1957 Vinyl
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Hard Bop

Main image
Columbia
tracks b1 to b3 alto saxophone Jackie McLean
tracks b1 to b3 bass Spanky DeBrest
tracks a3 bass, cello Oscar Pettiford
tracks a1 to a3 bongos Candido
tracks a1 to a3 bongos Sabu Martinez
drums Art Blakey
tracks a1 to a3 drums Jo Jones
tracks a1 to a3 drums, timpani, gong Specs Wright
liner notes Cal Lampley
photography by Arnold Newman
tracks a2 and a3 piano Ray Bryant
tracks b1 to b3 piano Sam Dockery
tracks b1 to b3 trumpet Bill Hardman
6-eye label.

Side A recorded Feb. 22, 1957
Side B recorded Dec. 13, 1956
Matrix / Runout: xLp39869 (Label A)
Matrix / Runout: xLp39870 (Label B)
Matrix / Runout: XLP39869-1B.☆
A
A
A (Side A runout stamped)
Matrix / Runout: XLP39870-1B.☆
AA
A (Side B runout stamped)



GALLERY