The follow-up to his 2021 album Samba de Maracatu was co-produced by pianist Andrés Vial and recorded in both New York and Montreal
and drummer Donald Bailey
Bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Ben Riley join Barron and Getz in the earlier sessions
The legendary pianist and composer cut his first Blue Note session Horace Silver Trio in 1952 and his session for Silver 'N' Strings Play The Music of the Spheres was the very last recording date before the label went dormant in 1979
A plaintive rendition of the Bud Powell ballad “I’ll Keep Loving You” rounds out the date
Art Blakey: Free For All (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-41 The follow-up to his 2021Blue Note, 1965 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Free For All was perhaps the bands most potent album featuring a powerful sextet line up with the great drummer joined by tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, pianist Cedar Walton, and bassist Reggie Workman. Recorded in February 1964, it had been more than two years since the Messengers had recorded for Blue Note, and the music bristled with the charged