Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat (1960) (Remastered, 2005)

Artist: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Title Of Album The Big Beat
Year Of Release: 1960/2005
Label (Catalog#) : Blue Note [7243 5 63801 2 7]
Country: USA
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 00:49:49
Total Size: 294mb(+3%)(covers)

AllMusic Review by Christopher Fielder
Perhaps the best known and most loved of Art Blakey's works, The Big Beat is a testament to the creative progress of one of the best jazz drummers of all time. Now over 40 years old, The Big Beat is as thunderous as ever. Here, Blakey combines his rhythm with tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter's brilliant composing to make what could only be termed a "structurally raw" album. Each track rips through bebop as quickly as Blakey ripped through drum heads. "Dat Dere" and "Lester Left Town" stand out as part of the true canons for hot jazz. Two alternate versions of "It's Only a Paper Moon" round out the album, both brimming with the fluid integrity of the song and the drive only Blakey could provide. As one of the few drummers to step out and lead, not just play backup, Blakey created a true jazz treasure in The Big Beat.

Tracklist
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01. "The Chess Players" (Shorter) - 9:31
02. "Sakeena's Vision" (Shorter) - 6:04
03. "Politely" (Hardman) - 6:04
04. "Dat Dere" (Timmons) - 8:47
05. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) - 6:26
06. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Rose) - 6:38
Bonus track on CD
07. "It's Only a Paper Moon" [Alternate Take] - 6:19

Personnel:
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Art Blakey — drums
Lee Morgan — trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons — piano
Jymie Merritt — bass

Notes:
Originally recorded on March 6, 1960 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
All transfers from analog to digital were made at 24 bit resolution

All thanks to original releaser