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Title: Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Hard Bop
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1957, Jazz, Hard Bop, New York City
Matrix #: CL 1040
Condition: VG a few light marks but plays great (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Jackie McLean, on this session, was already battling heroin; the addiction later cost him his New York cabaret card.
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Band Drama This LP comes from the moment Horace Silver had split, and Blakey was taking full control of the Messengers name.
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Studio Lore Recorded Dec. 12-13, 1956 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio with McLean and Bill Hardman, a sharp but short-lived lineup.
