Sales Text (E) 1961 Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers made their only recording for the label Impulse! Records. It marked a turning point for the popular hard bop formation as it was their first appearance as a sextet with trombonist Curtis Fuller, and secondly their last recording with pianist Bobby Timmons. Also unusual is the fact that only one piece by a band member was on the program and otherwise only standards were played.

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Tracklisting:

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers (1961)

A1. Alamode - 6:40
A2. Invitation - 7:25
A3. Circus - 5:12
B1. You Don't Know What Love Is - 6:55
B2. I Hear A Rhapsody - 6:30
B3. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 5:00

Art Blakey: Drums / Wayne Shorter: Tenor Saxophone / Lee Morgan: Trumpet / Jymie Merritt: Bass / Bobby Timmons: Piano / Curtis Fuller: Trombone

Recorded June 13 and 14, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.