Just Coolin’ Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers SKU: 50865023 Barcode: 00602508650239 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Released Date: 17th July 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info On July 17, Blue Note Records will release Just Coolin’, a never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers that was recorded on March 8, 1959 in Rudy Van Gelder's living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey. The session featured a short-lived line-up of The Jazz Messengers with drummer Art Blakey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. The album features two previously unissued compositions including Timmons’ tune “Quick Trick,” which is available today to stream or download. Just Coolin’ can be preordered in several formats: CD, digital download, and an all-analog 180g vinyl pressing that was mastered by Kevin Gray. The session for Just Coolin’ finds The Jazz Messengers’ saxophone chair in transition. The band had last recorded in October 1958 when they cemented their place in jazz history with the classic album Moanin’ featuring Benny Golson on tenor saxophone. By July 1959, Blakey had recruited tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter who would remain a fixture of the band until 1964. The interim saw the return of Mobley, who was a charter member of The Jazz Messengers when the band first formed in 1954 and appeared on their debut recording The Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia in 1955. Mobley also filled an important role as the band’s resident composer. In fact, three of the six tracks on Just Coolin’ were written by Mobley: “Hipsippy Blues,” “M&M,” and “Just Coolin’.” However, five weeks after the studio session Blue Note founder and producer Alfred Lion decided to record the band again at the legendary club Birdland in New York City on April 15, 1959, capturing an assured live recording that included four of the six titles that had been recorded in March. The Birdland sessions ended up superseding the studio date when Lion instead released the two-volume live album Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers At The Jazz Corner Of The World later that year. “In 2020, it’s great to find more Morgan, Mobley and Timmons in their prime,” writes Bob Blumenthal in the liner notes for Just Coolin’. “The music had clearly settled in during the month that separated studio and live versions, but the fire of these six tracks has an appeal of its own.” Now, 61 years later jazz fans all over the world will have the chance to listen for themselves. The credits for Just Coolin’ are as follows: Lee Morgan: trumpet Hank Mobley: tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons: piano Jymie Merritt: bass Art Blakey: drums Original session produced by Alfred Lion Recorded on March 8, 1959, Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ Recording by Rudy Van Gelder Photography by Francis Wolff Cover design by Todd Gallopo at Meat and Potatoes Produced for release by Zev Feldman Mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Artist Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Genre Jazz Label Blue Note Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings SIDE 1 1. Hipsippy Blues (Hank Mobley) 2. Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere) 3. Jimerick (unknown) SIDE 2 1. Quick Trick (Bobby Timmons) 2. M&M (Hank Mobley) 3. 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