The Jazz Messengers
by Art Blakey
- Type: Album
- Released: 1956
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:02
- Community rating: 4.55/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Doug Watkins, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The first studio album by the original lineup of the Jazz Messengers. Horace Silver's 'Nica's Dream' is a sophisticated masterpiece of composition, showcasing his compositional genius and the tight-knit playing of the group.
Genres
Descriptors: classic, bluesy, soulful, ensemble, dynamic
Tracklist
- Infra-Rae (6:54)
- Nica's Dream (11:48)
- It's You or No One (5:33)
- Ecaroh (6:00)
- Carol's Interlude (5:33)
Credits
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - primary artist, drums
- Doug Watkins - bass
- S. Neil Fujita - design [uncredited]
- George Avakian - liner notes
- Don Hunstein - photography by
- Horace Silver - piano, written-by
- Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone, written-by
- Donald Byrd - trumpet
- Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn - written-by
- E.C. Redding - written-by
- Alfred Lion - producer