Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) THE BOTHY BAND leading to Billy's blues ensemble

leading to Billy's blues ensemble The Natural Born Lovers being the support act for the early shows of The James Taylor Quartet

soulful melancholy

The process of making music

Phil and Ray Shulman aka Simon Dupree and the Big Sound

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) THE BOTHY BAND leading to Billy's blues ensembleArt Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. Album of the Year, originally released in 1981, features The Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include Cheryl (written by Charlie