Pre-Order: Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers * Album Of The Year [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Red) 11/26/13 Mary Ann (Roaring Lion) 14

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Pre-Order: Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers * Album Of The Year [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Red) 11/26/13 Mary Ann (Roaring Lion) 14Art Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. The Album of the Year LP, 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