ART BLAKEY AND JAZZ MESSENGERS - JAZZ MESSENGERS!!! + MOSAIC CD

2 LPs ON 1 CDThis release contains two complete original albums by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Jazz Messengers!!!!! (Impulse AS-7), and Mosaic (Blue Note BST84090). While both LPs were recorded during the course of the same year, they present slightly different formations of the group, with Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard alternating on trumpet, and Bobby Timmons and Cedar Walton switching off on piano. Blakey, trombonist Curtis Fuller, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Jymie Merritt play on both albums.PERSONNEL:ART BLAKEY, drums & leaderWAYNE SHORTER, tenor saxCURTIS FULLER, tromboneJYMIE MERRITT, bassOn all tracks, plus:[1-6]: Jazz Messengers!!!!! 4 1/2 Stars DownBeat Magazine - 4 1/2 Stars all Music GuideLEE MORGAN, trumpet, BOBBY TIMMONS, pianoNew York, June 13 & 14, 1961.Original sessions produced by Bob Thiele.[7-11]: Mosaic 4 Stars Penguin Guide to Jazz - 4 Stars All Music GuideFREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet, CEDAR WALTON, pianoVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, October 2, 1961.Original session recorded by Rudy Van Gelder & produced by Alfred Lion.TRACKS:01 Alamode [À La Mode]02 Invitation03 Circus04 You Don’t Know What Love Is05 I Hear A Rhapsody06 Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You07 Mosaic08 Down Under09 Children Of The Night10 Arabia11 CrisisTotal Time: 78:23