Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Hard Drive (2013) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Hard Drive
Year Of Release: 1957 / 2013
Label: Bethlehem Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24Bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 38:55 min
Total Size: 900 MB
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Tracklist:

1. For Minors Only (5:50)
2. Right Down Front (4:32)
3. Deo-X (5:50)
4. Sweet Sakeena (5:05)
5. For Miles And Miles (5:24)
6. Krafty (6:35)
7. Late Spring (5:39)

The final recording by the second version of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers features trumpeter Bill Hardman, tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, either Junior Mance or Sam Dockery on piano and bassist Spanky DeBrest along with leader/drummer Blakey performing four group originals, two Jimmy Heath compositions and the obscure "Late Spring." Although this was not the most famous edition of The Messengers, it set a standard that its successors would uphold to, training its members to be bandleaders in their own right. The music on this album is typical hard bop of the period, well played and full of enthusiasm and fire. -- Scott Yanow