Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All - Blue Note Classic LP

Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series, 180g LP, All-Analog, Mastered by Kevin Gray

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Free for All was perhaps the band's most potent album, featuring a powerful sextet line-up with the great drummer joined by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Cedar Walton and bassist Reggie Workman. Recorded in February 1964, the music bristled with the charged energy of the era — the blistering title track and roiling "Hammer Head," both composed by Shorter, plus Hubbard's kinetic "The Core." It closes in a joyful mood with a timeless reading of Clare Fischer's bossa nova-flavored standard "Pensativa."

Features

• 180g vinyl LP, Stereo
• Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series
• All-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes
• Manufactured at Optimal in Germany
• Label: Blue Note

Track Listing

Side A:

1. Free for All
2. Hammer Head

Side B:

1. The Core
2. Pensativa