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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Just Coolin'
ByBecause as expected, the drummer expected your A-game under every shuffling circumstance. So Morgan lights it up every chance he gets. Mobley slides right on in as expected. Timmons flashes the same blues cognizance of majors, minors and their subordinates as he does on Moanin' (Blue Note, 1958) and contributes the only known performance of "Quick Trick" a bluesy blow-session if there ever was. Merritt is Meritt, assured and unassuming but ever-present and ever ready to take point or lay back and groove.
And Blakey? He's the soulful Buddha making sure the bop is just right. Tight and tensile. A bop of lasting beauty, of innumerable listens. Sixty years on and here's one of those longed for lost stops along the way. Just Coolin'. It feels alive. Perfect for today's moment. Welcome. Here's to more.
Track Listing
Hipsippy Blues; Close Your Eyes; Jimerick; Quick Trick; M&M; Just Coolin’.
Personnel
Art Blakey
drumsHank Mobley
saxophone, tenorLee Morgan
trumpetBobby Timmons
pianoJymie Merritt
bassAlbum information
Title: Just Coolin' | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Blue Note Records
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