Alongside Thelonious Monk, on his earliest recordings, sat drummer Art Blakey. This work for Blue Note may have led to Blakey's own chance at leading a recording session which begat his band The Messengers. The Messengers, early on credited as the Art Blakey Quintet, released on Blue Note Records a 1954 live performance, broken up and titled A Night at Birdland Vol. 1.
Here is the discography surrounding Art Blakey's debut album:
Groove Street (1948 single with His Messengers)
Musa's Vision (1948 single with His Messengers)
New Sounds (1951 compilation with his Band)
A Night at Birdland Vol. 1
A Night at Birdland, Volume 1 (1956 album reissue)
Quicksilver (1956 single with Clifford Brown)
New Sounds (1991 album reissue with his Messengers)
"Once in a While" by the Art Blakey Quintet
"Bop Alley" by Art Blakey's Band
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