The Jazz Messengers

Album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

The Jazz Messengers is a studio album by American drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released in 1956. It is rooted in hard bop and blues, with driving rhythms, punchy horn lines, blues-inflected melodies and extended improvisation that situate the release within the mid-1950s hard bop movement.

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  1. 1.
    Infra‐Rae
    6:54
  2. 2.
    Nica’s Dream
    11:49
  3. 3.
    It’s You or No One
    5:33
  4. 4.
    Ecaroh
    6:00
  5. 5.
    Carol’s Interlude
    5:33
  6. 6.
    The End of a Love Affair
    6:41
  7. 7.
    Hank’s Symphony
    4:36
  8. 8.
    Weird‐O
    7:05
  9. 9.
    Ill Wind
    2:51
  10. 10.
    Late Show
    7:07
  11. 11.
    Deciphering the Message
    6:27
  12. 12.
    Carol’s Interlude (alternate take)
    6:13

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