The Freedom Rider is a Jazz album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, originally released in 1964. On Gatefold: 28 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
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The Freedom Rider is an album by jazz drummer Art Blakey and his group the Jazz Messenger, recorded in 1961 and released in 1964 by Blue Note Record. Continuing Blakey's distinct brand of hard bop, this album features compositions from Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Blakey himself, and Kenny Dorham, a former Jazz Messenger. This was the final album by this particular edition of the Jazz Messenger, who had been together for 18 month, as Lee Morgan left after this album and was replaced by Freddie Hubbard. The title track is a seven-and-a-half-minute solo drum composition by Blakey that combines swing, Latin American and African rhythmic influence, and is named in honor of the Freedom Riders—activists who participated in American Civil Rights Movement Freedom Rides beginning in 1961. In 2019, to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Art Blakey’s birth, The Freedom Rider was one of five albums to be reissued in LP special editions by Blue Note Record, as a Vinyl Me, Please exclusive with new liner notes by Evan Haga. Personnel Art Blakey — drums Lee Morgan — trumpet Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons — piano .
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Tracklist
- 1Tell It Like It Is7:56
- 2The Freedom Rider7:28
- 3El Toro6:23
- 4Petty Larceny6:16
- 5Blue Lace6:00
- 6Uptight6:16
- 7Pisces6:55
- 8Blue Ching6:44
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- raw
- defiant
- political
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Art BlakeyDRUMS
- Bobby TimmonsPIANO
- Jymie MerrittBASS DOUBLE BASS
- Lee MorganTRUMPET
- Wayne ShorterTENOR SAXOPHONE
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 28 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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