The Big Beat

With "The Big Beat" Art Blakey introduced a highly original saxophonist and composer to the jazz world. Wayne Shorter's "The Chess Players" and "Lester Left Town" have since become jazz standards. The album also gave the Jazz Messengers a hit with Bobby Timmons' "Dat Dere" and their version of "It's Only A Paper Moon" is hard bop at its most exciting. 

　　

　　 * bonus tracks, not part of the original LP 

　　

　　 ART BLAKEY, drums

　　 LEE MORGAN, trumpet

　　 WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax

　　 BOBBY TIMMONS, piano

　　 JYMIE MERRITT, bass