Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO and 4CD formats

and 4CD formats

Much of the music of Open Close was composed for live performance as Prekop prepared for a series of shows both solo and in collaboration with Laraaji

In the Swedish Jazz Archive quite a few other recordings from the same day were to be found

It kept tapping into a part of me that I’ve come to trust

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) LITTLE BARRIE & MALCOLM CATTO and 4CD formatsArt Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. Album of the Year, originally released in 1981, features The Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include Cheryl (written by Charlie