ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Blue Night (Expanded Edition) cd bassist Jimmy Garrison

bassist Jimmy Garrison

” two disjunctive fables about animals told through stream-of-consciousness narratives

from its ominous opening to its closing resolve—running the gamut from paranoia and obsession to catharsis and joy

this is an artist firmly on the rise

its surfaces gleaming with infinite possibility

ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - Blue Night (Expanded Edition) cd bassist Jimmy Garrison2LP 180g Black Vinyl. Expanded Edition featuring alternate takes of "Two Of Kind", "Blue Minor" and "Mr. Combinated" along with liner notes by Scott Yanow. Blue Night is the expanded edition of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recording released in 1985. Art Blakey led the Jazz Messengers for 35 years, mentoring countless musicians and encouraging their growth into influential bandleaders. By 1984 85, his band included five prodigious talents: