“The Jazz Messengers at The Café Bohemia Volume 1” featuring #HoraceSilver on piano, #ArtBlakey on drums, #HankMobley on tenor, #KennyDurham on trumpet and #DougWatkins on bass. It was recorded on November 23, 1955, at The Café Bohemia, the famous night club in Greenwich Village in New York City and released on Blue Note Records. I’ve had been waiting on @MusicMattersJazz to get Volume 1 and 2 back in stock for some time. I found a blue labeled UA copy a few months ago, but I passed on it because I still listen to both CDs on the Jukebox in my car. I finally found this deep groove West 63rd NYC copy at @mlwl2809 this past Sunday. This album was the first version of The Jazz Messengers on record although some will say the “Live at Birdland” which was recorded the year before with #CliffordBrown and #LouDonaldson was. But Lou Donaldson stated in an interview that Art Blakey paid the announcer Pee Wee Marquette to announce the band in his name. This is a great sounding album with minor ticks and hardly any surface noise, but I know the MMJ copy would have been a cleaner copy. . . . . #Igjazzvinyl #vinyljazz #jazzvinylcollector #JazzRecordCollector #JazzVinyl #hardbop https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOCYqVpvHW/?utm_medium=tumblr
