Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was like a showcase and a school for some of the biggest names in jazz
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers was more than a band. It was an academy.
The list of great musicians who played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers seems never ending: Clifford Brown, Keith Jarrett, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Bennie Golson, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, Curtis Fuller, Jymie Merritt, Reggie Workman and on and on...