Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: A Night In Tunisia LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-72 Fresh off their 2nd consecutive

Fresh off their 2nd consecutive win for “Jazz Group of the Year” in the DownBeat Readers Poll

Issued on Argo in 1960

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: A Night In Tunisia LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) etjs-72 Fresh off their 2nd consecutiveBlue Note, 1961 One of the greatest line ups of drummer Art Blakeys hard bop finishing school The Jazz Messengers coalesced in 1960 when tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter joined trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt for the recording of The Big Beat, an album that signaled the transformation of the band into a modern jazz juggernaut. In August of that year The Jazz Messengers returned to Van Gelder Studio twice for