The Jazz Messengers discography

This page covers the discography of the Jazz Messengers, for a discography of Art Blakey, see Art Blakey discography

The Jazz Messengers discography

Studio albums| 47
Live albums| 21
Compilation albums| 6
Soundtrack albums| 2

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz band that existed with varying personnel for 35 years. Their discography consists of 47 studio albums, 21 live albums, 2 soundtracks, 6 compilations, and one boxed set.

Drummer Art Blakey was the leader or co-leader of the group throughout its existence. He is the drummer on all Jazz Messengers recordings and is therefore elided from personnel listings. Members recorded as either a quintet or sextet except for one 11-piece big band appearance and their expansion to a septet at the end.

The earliest recordings of the original Messengers were on Blue Note Records; all of the original Messengers (except bassist Doug Watkins) had released albums under their own name on the label. Blue Note 1518 was a reissue of two previously released 10" LPs credited to The Horace Silver Quintet.

A few recordings on Columbia Records followed with a couple different formations. As the second Messengers lineup stabilized they recorded for the RCA sub-label Vik Records, interspersed with one-off recordings for Cadet Records, Jubilee Records, and Atlantic.

Starting in 1959, a new lineup with Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, and later Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and Curtis Fuller would see the group return to Blue Note for several years. This group also traveled to Europe where a couple albums on Fontana Records appeared. In 1961, there was a single album on Impulse! Records. In 1963 the first of three releases appeared on Riverside Records, while new releases on Blue Note continued to be issued.

After Wayne Shorter departed for Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, the band signed with Quincy Jones' Mercury sub-label Limelight Records for three more releases starting in 1965.

Except for a 1970 release on the obscure Catalyst, and various bootlegs, the band did not release a recording between 1966 and 1972, when they re-appeared on Prestige Records for three more albums. In 1975 the band released an album with guest artist Sonny Stitt on the Swedish Sonet Records, then came two albums on Roulette Records in 1976 and 1978.

Starting in 1978, the band began to release albums on the Dutch Timeless Records and the Concord Jazz subsidiary of Concord Records. These groups included a changing lineup of young jazz musicians such as: Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Wallace Roney, Mulgrew Miller, and Lonnie Plaxico.

Near the end, there were two albums on the Italian Soul Note label, and the final album on A&M Records. The Jazz Messengers came to an end with the death of Blakey in 1990.

## Studio albums[edit]

Albums are listed in order of earliest recording session. Some albums were not released for many years after their recording. The formats listed are the formats issued at the original release date. Most of the albums have been reissued on compact disc, many with additional tracks. Some albums have also been reissued or repackaged on varying labels and formats. See the specific album articles for reissue information.

Album  | Album Details  | Personnel  | Notes

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The Jazz Messengers |

* Released: 1956
* Recorded: April 5, and May 4, 1956
* Label: Columbia (CL 897)
* Format: LP

* Donald Byrd – trumpet
* Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
* Horace Silver – piano
* Doug Watkins – double bass

Hard Bop |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: December 12 and 13, 1956
* Label: Columbia (CL 1040)
* Format: LP

* Bill Hardman – trumpet
* Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
* Sam Dockery – piano
* Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass

Ritual |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: January 14 and February 11, 1957
* Label: Pacific Jazz (PJM-402)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* McLean
* Dockery
* DeBrest

| The liner notes state that Pacific Jazz got this record in exchange for Columbia getting a record by Chet Baker.[1]
Tough! |

* Released: 1966
* Recorded: Spring, 1957
* Label: Cadet (4049)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* McLean
* Dockery
* DeBrest

Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: March 13, 1957
* Label: Vik Records (1103)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
* Dockery
* DeBrest

A Night in Tunisia |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: April 8, 1957
* Label: Vik Records (1115)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* McLean
* Griffin
* Dockery
* DeBrest

| Jackie McLean is credited as "Ferris Benda."[2]
Cu-Bop |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: May 13, 1957
* Label: Jubilee (1049)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* Griffin
* Dockery
* DeBrest
* Guest: Sabu

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk |

* Released: 1958
* Recorded: May 14 and 15, 1957
* Label: Atlantic (LP 1278 [Mono], SD 1278 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* Griffin
* DeBrest
* Guest: Thelonious Monk – piano

Hard Drive |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: August 9 and 11, 1957
* Label: Bethlehem (6023)
* Format: LP

* August 9: Hardman, Griffin, Dockery, DeBrest
* August 11: Hardman, Griffin, Junior Mance – piano, DeBrest

Moanin' |

* Released: 1959
* Recorded: October 30, 1958
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4003 [Mono], BST 4003 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Jymie Merritt – double bass

| Though known as Moanin', the album was officially released as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.[3]
The Big Beat |

* Released: 1960
* Recorded: March 3, 1960
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4029 [Mono], BST 84029 [Stereo])
* Format: LP
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Timmons – piano
* Merritt

| Bobby Timmons returns to the Messengers, after a short engagement with Cannonball Adderley.[4]
Like Someone in Love |

* Released: 1966
* Recorded: August 7 and 14, 1960
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4245 [Mono], BST 84245 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Merritt

A Night in Tunisia |

* Released: 1960
* Recorded: August 7 and 14, 1960
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4049 [Mono], BST 84049 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Merritt

The Freedom Rider |

* Released: 1962
* Recorded: February 18 and May 27, 1961
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4156 [Mono], BST 84156 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Merritt

Roots & Herbs |

* Released: 1970
* Recorded: February 18 and May 27, 1961
* Label: Blue Note (BST 84347)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* Merritt

The Witch Doctor |

* Released: 1967
* Recorded: March 14, 1961
* Label: Blue Note (BST 84258)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Merritt

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |

* Released: 1961
* Recorded: June 13 and 14, 1961
* Label: Impulse! (A-7)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Curtis Fuller – trombone
* Shorter
* Timmons
* Merritt

Mosaic |

* Released 1961
* Recorded: October 2, 1961
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4090 [Mono], BST 84090 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Cedar Walton – piano
* Merritt

Buhaina's Delight |

* Released: 1963
* Recorded: November 28 and December 18, 1961
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4104 [Mono], BST 84104 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Merritt

Caravan |

* Released: 1963
* Recorded: October 23 and 24, 1962
* Label: Riverside (RLP 438 [Mono], RS 8438 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Reggie Workman – double bass

Golden Boy |

* Released: 1963
* Recorded: 1963
* Label: Colpix (CP 478 [Mono], SCP 478 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Workman
* Guests:
* Julius Watkins – french horn
* Bill Barber – tuba
* James Spaulding – alto saxophone
* Charles Davis – baritone saxophone

Free for All |

* Released: 1964
* Recorded: February 10, 1964
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4170 [Mono], BST 84170 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Workman

Kyoto |

* Released: 1964
* Recorded: February 20, 1964
* Label: Riverside (RLP 493 [Mono], RS 9493 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Workman
* Guest: Wellington Blakey – vocals

Indestructible |

* Released: 1965
* Recorded: April 24 and May 15, 1964
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4192 [Mono], BST 84193 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Workman

'S Make It |

* Released: 1965
* Recorded: November 14, 16 and 25, 1964
* Label: Limelight (LM 82001 [Mono], LS 86001 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Fuller
* John Gilmore – tenor saxophone
* John Hicks – piano
* Victor Sproles – double bass

Soul Finger |

* Released: 1965
* Recorded: April 21 and May 12 and 13, 1965
* Label: Limelight (LM 82018 [Mono] LS 86018 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
* Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
* Hicks
* Sproles
* Guest: Lucky Thompson – soprano saxophone

Child's Dance |

* Released: 1972
* Recorded: May 23 and July 28, 1972
* Label: Prestige (P 10047)
* Format: LP

* May 23:
* Ramon Morris – flute
* Buddy Terry – soprano saxophone
* John Hicks – electric piano
* Mickey Bass – double bass
* Emanuel Rahim – conga
* Nataniel Bettis – percussion
* Richie "Pablo" Landrum – percussion
* Sonny Morgan – percussion
* July 28:
* Woody Shaw – trumpet
* Manny Boyd – flute
* Ramon Morris – tenor saxophone
* George Cables – piano, electric piano
* Stanley Clarke – electric bass
* Ray Mantilla – conga

Buhaina |

* Released: 1973
* Recorded: March 26–29, 1973
* Label: Prestige (P 10067)
* Format: LP

* Shaw
* Carter Jefferson – tenor and soprano saxophone
* Cedar Walton – piano, electric piano
* Bass
* Tony Waters – conga
* Guests:
* Jon Hendricks – vocals
* Michael Howell – guitar

Anthenagin |

* Released: 1973
* Recorded: March 26–29, 1973
* Label: Prestige (P 10076)
* Format: LP

* Shaw
* Jefferson
* Walton
* Bass
* Waters
* Guests:
* Michael Howell – guitar
* Steve Turre – trombone

| Steve Turre is listed as "Steve Turley" on the album.[5]
In Walked Sonny |

* Released: 1975
* Recorded: May 16, 1975
* Label Sonet (SNTF 691)
* Format: LP

* Bill Hardman – trumpet
* David Schnitter – tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* "Chin" Suzuki – double bass
* Guest: Sonny Stitt – tenor and alto saxophone

Backgammon |

* Released: 1976
* Recorded: March 15 and 16, 1976
* Label: Roulette (SR 5003)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* Schnitter
* Al Dailey – piano
* Suzuki
* Guest: Ladji Camara – flute, vocals

Gypsy Folk Tales |

* Released: 1977
* Recorded: February 12, 17, 28 and March 1, 1977
* Label: Roulette (SR 5008)
* Format: LP

* Valery Ponomarev – trumpet
* Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
* Schnitter
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* Dennis Irwin – double bass

In My Prime Vol. 1 |

* Released: 1978
* Recorded: December 29, 1977
* Label: Timeless (SJP 114)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Curtis Fuller – trombone
* Watson
* Schnitter
* James Williams – piano
* Irwin
* Ray Mantilla – percussion

In My Prime Vol. 2 |

* Released: 1978
* Recorded: December 30, 1977
* Label: Timeless (SJP 118)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Fuller
* Watson
* Schnitter
* Williams
* Irwin
* Mantilla

Reflections in Blue |

* Released: 1979
* Recorded: December 4, 1978
* Label: Timeless (SJP 128)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Watson
* Schnitter
* Williams
* Irwin

Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording |

* Released: 1979
* Recorded: February 12, 1979
* Label: Philips (6385 943)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Watson
* Schnitter
* Williams
* Irwin

Album of the Year |

* Released: 1981
* Recorded: April 12, 1981
* Label: Timeless (SJP 155)
* Format: LP

* Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
* Watson
* Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone
* Williams
* Charles Fambrough – double bass

Oh-By the Way |

* Released: 1982
* Recorded: May 20, 1982
* Label: Timeless (SJP 165)
* Format: LP

* Terence Blanchard – trumpet
* Donald Harrison – alto saxophone
* Pierce
* Johnny O'Neal – piano
* Fambrough

New York Scene |

* Released: 1984
* Recorded: May, 1984
* Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 256)
* Format: LP

* Blanchard
* Harrison
* Jean Toussaint – tenor saxophone
* Mulgrew Miller – piano
* Lonnie Plaxico – double bass

Blue Night |

* Released: 1985
* Recorded: March 17, 1985
* Label: Timeless (SJP 217)
* Format: LP, CD

* Blanchard
* Harrison
* Toussaint
* Miller
* Plaxico

Feeling Good |

* Released: 1986
* Recorded: September 8 and 9, 1986
* Label: Delos (D/CD 4007)
* Format: CD

* Wallace Roney – trumpet
* Tim Williams – trombone
* Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
* Toussaint
* Donald Brown – piano
* Peter Washington – double bass

Not Yet |

* Released: 1988
* Recorded: March 19, 1988
* Label: Soul Note (SN 1105)
* Format: LP, CD

* Philip Harper – trumpet
* Robin Eubanks – trombone
* Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
* Benny Green – piano
* Washington

I Get a Kick Out of Bu |

* Released: 1988
* Recorded: November 11, 1988
* Label: Soul Note (SN 1155)
* Format: LP, CD

* Harper
* R. Eubanks
* Jackson
* Green
* Leon Lee Dorsey – double bass

Chippin' In |

* Released: 1990
* Recorded: February 1 and 2, 1990
* Label: Timeless (SJP 340)
* Format: CD, LP

* Bryan Lynch – trumpet
* Steve Davis – trombone
* Frank Lacy – trombone
* Dale Barlow – tenor saxophone
* Jackson
* Geoff Keezer – piano
* Essiet Okon Essiet – double bass

One for All |

* Released: 1990
* Recorded: April 10 and 11, 1990
* Label: A&M (75021 5329-2)
* Format: CD

* Lynch
* Davis
* Barlow
* Jackson
* Keezer
* Essiet

## Live albums[edit]

Album  | Album Details  | Personnel  | Venue

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At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 |

* Released: 1956
* Recorded: November 23, 1955
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 1507)
* Format: LP

* Kenny Dorham – trumpet
* Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
* Horace Silver – piano
* Doug Watkins – double bass

| Café Bohemia, New York City
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 |

* Released: 1956
* Recorded: November 23, 1955
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 1508)
* Format: LP

* Dorham
* Mobley
* Silver
* Watkins

| Café Bohemia, NYC
A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: March 8 and 9, 1957
* Label: Elektra (ELK 120)
* Format: LP

* Bill Hardman – trumpet
* Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
* Sam Dockery – piano
* Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass

| Carl Fischer Concert Hall, NYC
1958 – Paris Olympia |

* Released: 1959
* Recorded: November 22 and December 17, 1958
* Label: Fontana (680 202)
* Format: LP

* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Jymie Merritt – double bass

| Olympia, Paris, France
Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers au club St. Germain |

* Released: 1959
* Recorded: December 21, 1958
* Label: RCA (France) (430.043)
* Format: LP

* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Jymie Merritt – double bass

| Club Saint-Germain, Paris, France
At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 |

* Released: 1959
* Recorded: April 15, 1959
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4015, BLP 4016 [Mono]; BST 84014, BST 84016 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
* Timmons
* Merritt

| Birdland, NYC
Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |

* Released: 1960
* Recorded: November 15, 1959
* Label: RCA (France) (430.054)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* Merritt

| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Paris Jam Session |

* Released: 1960
* Recorded: December 18, 1959
* Label: Fontana (680 207)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* Merritt
* Guests:
* Barney Wilen – alto saxophone
* Bud Powell – piano

| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 |

* Released: 1961
* Recorded: September 14, 1960
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 4054, BLP 4055 [Mono]; BST 84054, BST 84055 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Merritt

| Birdland, NYC
First Flight to Tokyo |

* Released: 2021 (November 5)
* Recorded: January 14, 1961
* Label: Blue Note
* Format: LP/CD

* Morgan
* Shorter
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Merritt

| Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Three Blind Mice |

* Released: 1962
* Recorded: March 18, 1962
* Label: United Artists (UAJ 14002 [Mono], UAJS 15002 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
* Curtis Fuller – trombone
* Shorter
* Cedar Walton – piano
* Merritt

| The Renaissance Club, Hollywood, CA[6]
Ugetsu |

* Released: 1963
* Recorded: June 16, 1963
* Label: Riverside (RLP 464 [Mono], RS 9464 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Hubbard
* Fuller
* Shorter
* Walton
* Reggie Workman – double bass

| Birdland, NYC[7]
Buttercorn Lady |

* Released: 1966
* Recorded: January 1 and 9, 1966
* Label: Limelight (LM 82034 [Mono] LS 86034 [Stereo])
* Format: LP

* Chuck Mangione – trumpet
* Frank Mitchell – tenor saxophone
* Keith Jarrett – piano
* Reggie Johnson – double bass

| Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA
Jazz Messengers '70 |

* Released: 1970
* Recorded: February 19, 1970
* Label: Catalyst (CAT 7902)
* Format: LP

* Bill Hardman – trumpet
* Carlos Garnett – tenor saxophone
* Joanne Brackeen – piano
* Jan Arnet – double bass

| Victor Studio 1, Tokyo, Japan
In This Korner |

* Released: 1978
* Recorded: May 8, 1978
* Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 68)
* Format: LP

* Valery Ponomarev – trumpet
* Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
* David Schnitter – tenor saxophone
* James Williams – piano
* Dennis Irwin – double bass

| Keystone Korner, San Francisco
One by One |

* Released: 1981
* Recorded: November 4, 1979
* Label: Palcoscenico (15005)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Watson
* Schnitter
* Williams
* Irwin

| CIAK, Milan, Italy
Live at Montreux and Northsea |

* Released: 1980
* Recorded: July 13 and 17, 1980
* Label: Timeless (SJP 150)
* Format: LP

* Ponomarev
* Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
* Robin Eubanks – trombone
* Watson
* Bill Pierce – tenor sax
* Branford Marsalis – alto and baritone sax
* Williams
* Kevin Eubanks – guitar
* Charles Fambrough – double bass
* John Ramsay – drums

| Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland & North Sea Jazz Festival, The Netherlands
Art Blakey in Sweden |

* Released: 1981
* Recorded: March 9, 1981
* Label: Amigo (AMPL 839)
* Format: LP

* W. Marsalis
* Watson
* Pierce
* Williams
* Fambrough

| Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
Straight Ahead |

* Released: 1981
* Recorded: June, 1981
* Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 168, CCD 4168)
* Format: LP

* W. Marsalis
* Watson
* Pierce
* Williams
* Fambrough

| Keystone Korner, San Francisco
Keystone 3 |

* Released: 1982
* Recorded: January, 1982
* Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 196 CCD 4196)
* Format: LP

* W. Marsalis
* Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone
* Pierce
* Donald Brown – piano
* Fambrough

| Keystone Korner, San Francisco
Live at Ronnie Scott's 1985 |

* Released: 2000
* Recorded: February 18, 1985
* Label: BBC Legends (BBCJ 7003-2)
* Format: CD

* Terence Blanchard – trumpet
* Donald Harrison – alto saxophone
* Jean Toussaint – tenor saxophone
* Mulgrew Miller – piano
* Lonnie Plaxico – double bass

| Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, UK
Live at Ronnie Scott's |

* Released: 1985
* Recorded: February 25, 1985
* Label: DRG (91444)
* Format: CD

* Blanchard
* Harrison
* Toussaint
* Miller
* Plaxico

| Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, UK
Live at Sweet Basil |

* Recorded: March 24, 1985
* Label: Paddle Wheel
* Format: CD

* Blanchard
* Harrison
* Toussaint
* Miller
* Plaxico

| Sweet Basil Jazz Club, NYC
Live at Kimball's |

* Released: 1985
* Recorded: April 13, 1985
* Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 307, CCD 4307)
* Format: LP, CD, CS

* Blanchard
* Harrison
* Toussaint
* Miller
* Plaxico

| Kimball's, San Francisco
The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen |

* Released: 1989
* Recorded: October 9, 1989
* Label: IN+OUT (77028-2)
* Format: CD

* Brian Lynch – trumpet
* Frank Lacy – trombone
* Donald Harrison – alto saxophone
* Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone
* Geoff Keezer – piano
* Essiet Okon Essiet – double bass

| Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Germany
Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 6: Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set |

* Released: 1996
* Recorded: December 8, 1960
* Label: TCB Records (TCB 02062)
* Format: CD[8]

* Morgan – trumpet
* Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Timmons – piano
* Merritt – double bass

| Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland

## Soundtracks[edit]

Album  | Album Details  | Personnel  | Notes

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Des Femmes Disparaissent |

* Released: 1959
* Recorded: December 18 and 19, 1958
* Label: Fontana (660 224)
* Format: LP

* Lee Morgan – trumpet
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons – piano
* Jymie Merritt – double bass

Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 |

* Released: 1960
* Recorded: July 25 and 29, 1959
* Label: Fontana (680 203)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Timmons
* Merritt
* Guests:
* Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone
* Duke Jordan – piano
* Tommy Lopez and Willie Rodriguez – conga
* Johnny Rodriguez – bongos

## Compilation albums[edit]

Album  | Album Details  | Personnel  | Notes

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Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers |

* Released: 1956
* Recorded: December 13, 1954 and February 6, 1955
* Label: Blue Note (BLP 1518)
* Format: LP

* Kenny Dorham – trumpet
* Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
* Horace Silver – piano
* Doug Watkins – double bass

| This album is a reissue of two Blue Note 10" records, numbers 5058 and 5062; Horace Silver Quintet Vols. 1 & 2\.
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys |

* Released: 1956
* Recorded: May 3, and June 25, 1956
* Label: Columbia (CL 903)
* Format: LP

* May 5:
* Donald Byrd – trumpet
* Mobley
* Silver
* Watkins
* June 25:
* Byrd
* Ira Sullivan – tenor saxophone
* Kenny Drew – piano
* Wilbur Ware – double bass

| Jazz Messengers back up Rita Reys for half of this record.[9]
The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey’s 1960 Jazz Messengers[10] |

* Released 1992
* Label: Mosaic Records
* Format: 6 CDs or 10 LPs

* Wayne Shorter (ts)
* Lee Morgan (tp)
* Bobby Timmons (p)
* Jymie Merritt (b)
* Art Blakey (d)

Originally |

* Released: 1982
* Recorded: April 5, May 4, June 25, December 12, 1956
* Label: Columbia (FC 38036)
* Format: LP

* April 5 and May 4: Byrd, Mobley, Silver, Watkins
* June 25: Byrd, Sullivan, Drew, Ware
* December 12: Hardman, McLean, Dockery DeBrest

Drum Suite |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: December 13, 1956
* Label: Columbia (CL 1002)
* Format: LP

* Hardman
* McLean
* Dockery
* DeBrest

| Side 1 is the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, recorded February 22, 1957, side two is the Jazz Messengers, credited separately, in the notes.[11]
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land |

* Released: 1957
* Recorded: January 14 and February 11, 1957
* Label: Pacific Jazz (PJ-33)
* Format: LP

* Bill Hardman – trumpet
* Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
* Sam Dockery – piano
* Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass

| Split record with Elmo Hope. Additional tracks from PJM-402.
Just Coolin' |

* Released: April 24, 2020
* Recorded: March 8, 1959
* Label: Blue Note
* Format LP, CD, digital download

* Morgan
* Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
* Timmons – piano
* Merritt

| Shelved because the content is similar to At the Jazz Corner of the World
Africaine |

* Released: 1981
* Recorded: October 10, 1959
* Label: Blue Note (LT 1088)
* Format: LP

* Morgan
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Walter Davis, Jr. – piano
* Merritt
* Guest: Dizzy Reece – conga

Pisces |

* Released: 1979
* Recorded: February 12 and May 27, 1961 and April 15, 1964
* Label: King (Japan) (GFX-3060)
* Format: LP

* February 12 and May 27, 1961: Morgan, Shorter, Timmons, Merritt
* April 15, 1964: Morgan, Shorter, Fuller, Walton, Workman

Live Messengers |

* Released: 1978
* Recorded: August 17, 1961 and March 8, 1962
* Label: Blue Note (BN-LA472-J2)
* Format: LP

* Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
* Curtis Fuller – trombone
* Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
* Cedar Walton – piano
* Jymie Merritt – double bass

| This 2 record set also contains previously unreleased tracks from the proto-Messengers A Night at Birdland featuring Clifford Brown from February 12, 1954.[12]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Michel, Ed (1957). Ritual (liner notes). PJM 402. Jazz Messengers; Blakey, Art. Pacific Jazz Records.
2. ^ Hentoff, Nat (1957). A Night in Tunisia (liner notes). LX 1115. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Vik Records.
3. ^ Kirchner, Bill, ed. (2005). The Oxford companion to jazz ([Pbk. ed.]. ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 376–381. ISBN 0195183592.
4. ^ "Bobby Timmons". Bobby Timons. Leo T Sullivan. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
5. ^ Anthenagin (liner notes). P 10076. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Prestige Records. 1973.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. ^ Three Blind Mice (liner notes). UAJ 14002. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. United Artists Records. 1962.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
7. ^ Sherman, Ed (1963). Ugetsu (liner notes). RLP 464. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Riverside Records.
8. ^ "Art Blakey, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 6: Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set". Retrieved 24 September 2023 - via www.allmusic.com.
9. ^ Avakian, George (1956). The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (liner notes). CL 903. Reys, Rita; Wes Ilcken Combo; Jazz Messengers. Columbia Records.
10. ^ Records, Mosaic (2021-06-09). "Art Blakey - 1960 Jazz Messengers - Mosaic Records". Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans!. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
11. ^ Lampley, Cal (1957). Drum Suite (liner notes). CL 1002. Jazz Messengers, Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble. Columbia Records.
12. ^ Gitler, Ira (1978). Live Messengers (liner notes). BN-LA472-J2. Blakey, Art. Blue Note Records.

## References[edit]

* "Art Blakey Discography". JazzDiscography. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
* Schwartz, Steve; Fitzgerald, Michael. "Chronology of Art Blakey (and the Jazz Messengers)". JazzDiscography. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

## External links[edit]

* The Jazz Messengers discography discography at Discogs
* The Jazz Messengers discography discography at Discogs as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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* McCoy Tyner
* Cedar Walton
* Peter Washington
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* Bobby Watson
* James Williams
* Reggie Workman

Studio
albums|

* The Jazz Messengers (1956)
* Hard Bop (1957)
* Ritual (1957)
* Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957)
* Cu-Bop (1957)
* Hard Drive (1957)
* A Night in Tunisia (1958)
* Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958)
* Moanin' (1959)
* The Big Beat (1960)
* A Night in Tunisia (1961)
* Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961)
* Mosaic (1962)
* Buhaina's Delight (1963)
* Caravan (1963)
* The Freedom Rider (1964)
* Free for All (1964)
* Kyoto (1964)
* Golden Boy (1964)
* Indestructible (1965)
* 'S Make It (1965)
* Soul Finger (1965)
* Tough! (1966)
* Like Someone in Love (1967)
* The Witch Doctor (1969)
* Roots & Herbs (1970)
* Child's Dance (1972)
* Buhaina (1973)
* Anthenagin (1973)
* In Walked Sonny (1975)
* Backgammon (1976)
* Gypsy Folk Tales (1977)
* In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978)
* In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978)
* Reflections in Blue (1979)
* Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979)
* Album of the Year (1981)
* Oh-By the Way (1984)
* Blue Night (1985)
* Feeling Good (1986)
* Not Yet (1988)
* I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988)
* Chippin' In (1990)
* One for All (1990)

Live
albums|

* At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1956)
* At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1956)
* A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957)
* 1958 – Paris Olympia (1959)
* At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959)
* Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960)
* Paris Jam Session (1960)
* Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960)
* A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March (1961)
* Three Blind Mice (1962)
* Ugetsu (1963)
* Buttercorn Lady (1966)
* Jazz Messengers '70 (1970)
* In This Korner (1978)
* Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980)
* One by One (1981)
* Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)
* Straight Ahead (1981)
* Keystone 3 (1982)
* Live at Kimball's (1985)
* The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)

Compilation
albums|

* Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1956)
* The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956)
* Drum Suite (1957)
* Pisces (1979)
* Africaine (1981)
* Originally (1982)

Soundtrack
albums|

* Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959)
* Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)

Art Blakey
solo albums|

* Blakey (1954)*
* A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, Vol. 2 & Vol. 3 (1954)
* Orgy in Rhythm (1957)
* Art Blakey Big Band (1957)
* Holiday for Skins (1958)
* Drums Around the Corner (1959)
* The African Beat (1962)
* A Jazz Message (1963)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
* Killer Joe (1981)
* Bluesiana Triangle (1990)

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