Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - In My PrimeAvailable in the shop on Record Store Day Art Blakey (19191990) actually needs little introduction, the American Jazz drummer and bandleader made a name for himself in the 1940s & 1950s playing with contemporaries such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He is often considered to have been Thelonious Monk's most empathetic drummer (he played on both Monks first recording session in 1947 and his final one in 1971). In the decades that

'I Remember'

” Three years later

Current than anything we’ve heard from him to date

'Bahdeni Nami' released by Monkeytown Records

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With a singular voice

Forever Changes'

pounding rhythms

Federico Monti Arduini was a child prodigy who studied piano and was already performing at concerts from the age of eight

calling his debut record Juarez (1975) “the finest

Keb chose the latter's expertise to assist him on the making of this compilation

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