The Big Beat

Album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

The Big Beat is a studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, released in 1960. The album is rooted in hard bop and has vigorous drumming, blues and gospel influences, assertive horn lines and room for extended improvisation, and it comes from a productive period in the group's career that contributed to the development of the hard bop style.
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  1. 1.
    The Chess Players
    9:39
  2. 2.
    Sakeena's Vision
    6:06
  3. 3.
    Politely
    6:04
  4. 4.
    Dat Dere
    8:48
  5. 5.
    Lester Left Town
    6:26
  6. 6.
    It's Only a Paper Moon
    6:41
  7. 7.
    It's Only a Paper Moon (Alternate Take)
    6:22

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