Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Live Messengers
| Recorded | Feb 21, 1954 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1954 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
The record
Multiple lineups get folded together here, from Brown's brief brass flame in '54 through Shorter and Fuller's later frontline, tracing how far Blakey's press roll carried the concept.
Session personnel
- Lou Donaldson — alto saxophone
- Curly Russell — bass
- Jymie Merritt — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Cedar Walton — piano
- Horace Silver — piano
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Clifford Brown — trumpet
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1978 | Blue Note |
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