Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO the album the band toured

the album the band toured in America that helped redefine them as a rock band and Everybody’s In Show-Biz – Everybody’s a Star

and improvisation

In the Swedish Jazz Archive quite a few other recordings from the same day were to be found

the six-piece was also personally selected to open The Rolling Stones' Chicago stadium show in 2019

the combined audio then ‘bouncing’ over to the other channel to be recorded

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO the album the band touredArt Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. Album of the Year, originally released in 1981, features The Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include Cheryl (written by Charlie