View basket “Steppin’ Out” has been added to your basket. Free For All Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers SKU: 3771253 Barcode: 602537712533 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Universal/Blue Note Released Date: 7th April 2014 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Free for All is a high point in drummer Art Blakey’s enormous catalog. This edition of the Jazz Messengers had been together since 1961 with a lineup that would be hard to beat: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet (his last session with the Messengers), Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Cedar Walton on piano, and Reggie Workman on bass. Shorter’s title track is one of the finest moments in the Jazz Messengers’ history. In the eight minutes of “Free for All,” an emotional apex is reached that skirts the edge of free bop without losing Blakey’s rhythmic glue. Another Shorter composition, “Hammer Head,” is a mid-tempo soul-blues groove, with Shorter, Hubbard, and Fuller taking exceptional solos while Blakey keeps the mid-tempo vigorously swinging. Hubbard’s “The Core,” dedicated to the Congress of Racial Equality, comes close to capturing the heat of the title cut, as it contains similar fiery interplay. The session’s closer, Clare Fischer’s “Pensativa” (brought to the Messengers songbook by Hubbard), would remain a favorite with Blakey for years. A passionate Jazz Messengers workout that proves essential. ~ Al Campbell Artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Genre Jazz Label Universal/Blue Note Buying Options 180g 1LP Includes Download Code Format 180g , 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Free For All Hammer Head The Core Pensativa Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers View Product Quick View Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Reflections In Blue Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th September 2022 £27.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Reflections In Blue £27.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP3113 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th September 2022 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings Jazz | Blue Note | 2LP 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