The Jazz Messengers – Hard Bop (Columbia CL 1040)

Columbia CL 1040 · 12-inch LP · 1957

CL 1040

Hard Bop

The Jazz Messengers

Released: October 1957
Tracks: 5

3 more tracks from these dates went to Drum Suite

Who's on it

Art Blakey – drums
Bill Hardman – trumpet
Jackie McLean – alto sax
Sam Dockery – piano
Spanky DeBrest – bass

Credits

Producer: Alan Douglas

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 2 sessions.

1Cranky SpankyDecember 12, 1956 · CO57023
2Stella By StarlightDecember 12, 1956 · CO57024
3Little MelonaeDecember 12, 1956 · CO57025
4My Heart Stood StillDecember 12, 1956 · CO57027
5Stanley's Stiff ChickensDecember 13, 1956 · CO57030

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 4 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	CL 1002	Drum Suite	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers	1957	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest
	PJ-1247	Drums On Fire!	Art Blakey, Benny Barth, Chico Hamilton, Chatur Lal	1958	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest
	PJ-33	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers/The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers	1962	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest
	PJ-100	24 Great Jazz Groups: On Mike!	Various Artists	1963	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest

4 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BCP-6023	Hard Drive - Out Of This World...And The Next World Too	Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers	1957	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Sam Dockery, Spanky DeBrest

3 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	LP 1278	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk	1958	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Spanky DeBrest
	LP 1337	The Blues In Modern Jazz	Various Artists	1961	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Spanky DeBrest

2 of them 15 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1951	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PR 7744	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins · not on the site yet	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1951	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 124	The New Sounds	Miles Davis	1952	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 140	Blue Period	Miles Davis	1953	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 7012	Dig	Miles Davis Featuring Sonny Rollins	1956	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 7068	Jackie's Pal	Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman	1956	Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 7087	Jackie McLean & Co. Introducing Ray Draper & Tuba	Jackie McLean & Co. Introducing Ray Draper & Tuba	1957	Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean
	PRLP 7111	Mal/2	Mal Waldron With Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Idrees Sulieman, Sahib Shihab, And Bill Hardman	1957	Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean
	BCP-6027	Art Blakey Big Band	Art Blakey Big Band	1958	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman
	NJLP 8212	McLean's Scene	Jackie McLean	1959	Bill Hardman, Jackie McLean
	BCP-6037	Big Band Contrast	Various Artists	1960	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman
	BLP 4034	Leeway	Lee Morgan	1961	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean
	BCP-6065	Golden Jazz Instrumentals	Various Artists	1962	Art Blakey, Bill Hardman
	PR 7457	Miles Davis Greatest Hits	Miles Davis Sextet Featuring Sonny Rollins	1966	Art Blakey, Jackie McLean

Also from these sessions

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers – Drum Suite (Columbia CL 1002)

CL 1002 · 1957Drum SuiteArt Blakey And The Jazz Messengers

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel) · Wikipedia (release, running order, credits) · Discogs · Wikidata

In the CL series

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