Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO and improvisation

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the six-piece was also personally selected to open The Rolling Stones' Chicago stadium show in 2019

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO and improvisationArt Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. Album of the Year, originally released in 1981, features The Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include Cheryl (written by Charlie