Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Free For All (75th Anniversary)

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• Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Free For All on LP

  Remastered and Reissued As Part of the Blue Note 75th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Campaign

  Mastered by Alan Yoshida at Dunning-Kruger in Los Angeles, CA

  Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers recorded many superb albums during its 35 years, but it would be difficult to top the intensity and spirit of Free For All. This 1964 gem features an incredible lineup that had worked together regularly for the previous three years, one consisting of Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman in addition to Blakey.

  The drummer instilled the love of swinging in each of the players, always pushing them to play at the highest possible intensity level without a second of coasting. On the dazzling title track Free For All, the soulful Hammer