Festival Session APRJ1003 For this incarnation of the

For this incarnation of the Messengers Blakey is joined by Lee Morgan (trumpet)

with remixes and reimaginings of classics from Donald Byrd

"love" drawn with beautiful and exciting sounds

Could We Be More is an expansive and ambitious debut album that speaks to the force of Kokoroko

only bassist Jimmy Bond remains from Chet's original lineup

Festival Session APRJ1003 For this incarnation of theIn spite of its title, "Festival Session" is a studio album that primarily featured tunes Duke presented at the Newport and Playboy jazz festivals during 1959. The 1956 Newport Jazz Festival (the third edition of that event), had proven to be essential for Duke Ellingtons career, which at the time was struggling due to the hardships of sustaining a big band. Newport gave jazz a new popular dimension, taking it from a closed nightclub environment to an