Art Blakey Quintet Real Audio

Art Blakey Quintet A Night At Birdland, Vol 1 playlist 28.8K 56K Cable From Pee Wee Marquette's unforgettable intro to Clifford Brown's outstanding trumpet playing, this live '54 recording (pre Jazz Messengers) is a classic and set the standards for what was to become 'mainstream jazz.' If anyone knows the story that Art alludes to when speaking of Diz literally composing 'A Night In Tunisia' on the bottom of a garbage can, please, email that

'...many listeners who had come to love jazz as a sophisticated manifestation of popular music were unable to accept the extreme esotericism of the avant-garde; their tastes were rooted in the core elements of 'swing' and 'blues,' characteristics found in abundance in the music of the Jazz Messengers, the quintessential hard bop ensemble led by drummer Art Blakey.' in case you didn't know.