AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Craft Original Jazz Classics / CR00717 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
Mastered by Kevin Gray
AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition - RTI
Art Blakey led many editions of his Jazz Messengers over more than three decades, but a strong argument can be made that the Messengers of his Riverside period constituted his strongest unit. With Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Curtis Fuller in the front line, with Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman as Blakey’s rhythm-section mates, its combination of musicianship and sheer swinging force has rarely been equaled in a small band.
Caravan was the first of Blakey’s Riverside albums and endures as a living monument to his nonpareil drumming and leadership. His solo on the title tune is one of the finest recorded examples of Blakey’s unique melding of precision and power. Hubbard and Shorter contributed memorable compositions and, with Fuller and Walton, some of the greatest soloing of the 1960s.
Musicians
Art Blakey drums
Freddie Hubbard trumpet
Curtis Fuller trombone
Wayne Shorter tenor sax
Cedar Walton piano
Reggie Workman bass
Side 1
Caravan
Sweet ‘N’ Sour
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Side 2
This Is for Albert
Skylark
Thermo