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Title: Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – Drum Suite
Year/Genre/City: 1957, Jazz, New York City, NY
Matrix #: CL 1002
Condition: VG+, worn from age but plays great. 

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: The Jazz Messengers were a proving ground—young players cycled through Blakey’s band, then left as leaders of the hard-bop era.

2. Studio Lore: Built around extended, suite-style writing—unusual for a label expecting short sides, showing Blakey pushing format as much as tempo.

3. Media Narrative: Blakey’s role became bigger than drummer—“Messengers” read like a stamp of legitimacy in jazz press and booking culture.

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