Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers were one of the great performing institutions in jazz history, an early leader in the hard bop style that, along with cool jazz, pushed pure bebop into the background, and a finishing school for numerous young players who went on to stellar careers in their own right after honing their craft as Jazz Messengers.
The Jazz Crusaders, originally from Houston, moved to LA in the late 1950's, and were a fixture on the west coast scene from the early 1960's on. Unlike the Messengers, their lineup barely changed over time, but, like Blakey's group, they played a very satisfying hard bop style.
| The Thin Man Art Blakey - New Sounds (1947) |
| Quicksilver Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland (1954) |
| The Preacher Horace Silver - The Horace Silver Quintet, vol. 2 (1955) |
| Freedom Sound The Jazz Crusaders - Freedom Sound (1961) |
| Blues March Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (1958) |
| The Young Rabbits The Jazz Crusaders - Lookin' Ahead (1962) |
| Pensativa Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Free For All (1964) |
| Buttercorn Lady Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Buttercorn Lady (live, 1966) |
| Jackson! The Jazz Crusaders - Old Sock-New Shoes/New Socks-Old Shoes (1970) |
| Scratch The Jazz Crusaders - Live At The Lighthouse (1966) |
| Funny Shuffle The Jazz Crusaders - Old Sock-New Shoes/New Socks-Old Shoes |
| Gertrude's Bounce Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Buhaina (1973) |
| Congolese Sermon The Jazz Crusaders - At The Lighthouse (1962) |
| One By One Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu (live, Birdland, 1963) |
| Bachafillen The Jazz Crusaders - Stretchin' Out (1964) |
| New Time Shuffle The Jazz Crusaders - The Thing (1962) |
| Fire Water The Jazz Crusaders - Powerhouse (1966) |
| Dat Dere Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat (1960) |
| Appointment In Ghana The Jazz Crusaders - At The Lighthouse |
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