Complete Studio Recordings by Art Blakey/Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers.

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2 CD• 20-PAGE BOOKLET• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACKThis release contains all existing recordings by a formation of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers that would only last for a single year! The group consisted of the leader plus Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, and Doug Watkins. Among the materials included here are the complete contents of the LPs The Jazz Messengers (Columbia CL 897) and Byrd’s Eye View (Transition TRLP 4), plus extra tunes and alternate takes from the sessions as well as six rare tracks presenting the Messengers backing Dutch singer Rita Reys. As a bonus, a different version of Mobley’s “Hank’s Tune” by a very similar formation (with Art Taylor replacing Blakey).PERSONNEL ON CD 1: THE JAZZ MESSENGERSART BLAKEY drums & leaderDONALD BYRD trumpetHANK MOBLEY tenor saxHORACE SILVER pianoDOUG WATKINS bassColumbia 30th Street Studio, New York, April 5 & May 4, 1956.PERSONNEL ON CD 2 [1-6] BYRD’S EYE VIEWAdd JOE GORDON (tp) on 1-3 only; omit HANK MOBLEY on 2-3.Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 2, 1955.CD2 [7-12] THE JAZZ MESSENGERS WITH RITA REYSOn 7-10: Add RITA REYS (vcl). New York, May 3, 1956.On 11-12: RITA REYS (vcl), DONALD BYRD (tp), IRA SULLIVAN (ts),KENNY DREW (p), WILBUR WARE (b), ART BLAKEY (d), (arr).New York, June 25, 1956.(*) BONUS TRACKSDONALD BYRD (tp), HANK MOBLEY (ts), HORACE SILVER (p)DOUG WATKINS Doug Watkins (b), ART TAYLOR, (d)New York, July 17, 1956.TRACKS:CD 1 (77:38)01 Infra-Rae02 Nica’s Dream03 It’s You Or No One04 Ecaroh05 Carol’s Interlude06 The End Of A Love Affair07 Hank’s Symphony08 Weird-O09 Ill Wind10 The Late Show11 Deciphering The Message12 Carol’s Interlude [Alt Tk]CD 2 (77:43)01 Doug’s Blues02 El Sino03 Crazy Rhythm04 Everything Happens To Me05 The Late Show #2 [Aka Hank’s Other Tune]06 Hank’s Tune07 Taking A Chance On Love08 That Old Black Magic09 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To10 I Cried For You11 My One And Only Love12 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Yearv13 Hank’s Tune #2 (*)