Art Blakely's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Deluxe Edition) LimitedStock See through cover/measuring cup

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Christian McBride and Billy Higgins

Now in high school with a fresh start

was their first album to break into the Billboard top 100 in the USA as well as charting across Europe

in these fractured musical times

Art Blakely's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk (Deluxe Edition) LimitedStock See through cover/measuring cupIn May of 1957, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers went into the studio with Thelonious Monk to record a one off album for Atlantic. The Jazz Messengers were a loose collective of young jazz musicians, with a constantly rotating roster to keep the music fresh and help launch new careers. In this iteration we find Art Blakey on drums, Thelonious Monk on piano, Johnny Griffin on tenor saxophone, Bill Hardman on trumpet and Spanky DeBrest on bass. Blakey