Art Blakey Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia Vol 2 Mono OG Blue Note BL 1508
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Rare and hard to find Blue Note first press! Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia Vol 2 in Mono for Blue Note (BL 1508).
Side 1 (G+): A lot of visible scratches some deep that cause static and pops throughout. There is a single skip on song 3. Please review photos carefully.
Side 2 (VG): Lots of scratches with very light static but plays very good!
Cover: Shelf wear with the bottom seam just starting to split.
Matrix A: RVG [Ear stamp] BN-LP-1508-A
Matrix B: RVG [Ear stamp] BN-LP-1508-B
Volume two of the 1955 Cafe Bohemia sessions from Art Blakey's second edition Jazz Messengers is better than the first. The music is more energetic, cohesive, and pushes the hard bop farther. Where the first volume featured compositions of newly recruited trumpeter Kenny Dorham, it is tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley asserting himself on the bandstand with his set pieces that formed the foundation of the first studio edition of the quintet that included Donald Byrd. Here , Mobley does not defer to Dorham, pushing his sound forward without compromising his vision. "Sportin' Crowd" is definitely an ear opener, a straight-ahead, hard bop gem based on the changes of the Sonny Rollins' classic "Tenor Madness." A live version of "Hank's Symphony" -- recapitulated from the studio version on the original Jazz Messengers' LP for the Columbia label -- has an Asian and calypso flair with many accented notes and a secondary melody. The killer track is Mobley's "Avila & Tequila," drenched in Blakey's churning Afro-Cuban beats, filled with multiple modal devices especially from Horace Silver, and charges ahead as if there was no tomorrow -- a truly memorable and vital performance.
A1a
Introduction By Art Blakey A1b
Sportin' Crowd A2
Like Someone In Love A3
Yesterdays B1
Avila And Tequila B2
I Waited For You
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