Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Mosaic

Mosaic, recorded in 1961, was the first recording of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers as a sextet, a setting he kept from 1961-1964. The band’s front line was trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, and tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Cedar Walton played piano and Jymie Merritt (a criminally under-appreciated talent) was the bassist.

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Everything on this set was written by the musicians in the band.

Tracks: 1. Mosaic, 2. Down Under, 3. Children of the Night, 4. Arabia, 5. Crisis

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