Key Features

• ● Experience the definitive hard bop sound with this Japanese pressing of The Jazz Messengers' classic album, recorded in New York in 1956. This release captures the raw energy and virtuosic performance of Art Blakey and his ensemble at their absolute peak.
• ● Original 1956 New York recording session
• ● Japanese pressing on CBS/Sony (SOPZ 14)
• ● Features Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, and Jackie McLean
• ● Includes informative Japanese liner notes insert
• ● Classic hard bop definitive performances
• ● Brand: NO BRAND
• ● Artist: The Jazz Messengers
• ● Release Title: Hard Bop
• ● Record Label: CBS/Sony
• ● Catalog Number: SOPZ 14
• ● Format: Vinyl LP
• ● Record Size: 12 inches
• ● Speed: 33 1/3 RPM
• ● Genre: Jazz
• ● Style: Hard Bop
• ● Release Year: 1973
• ● Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
• ● Record Grading: VG+
• ● Sleeve Grading: VG+
• ● Edition: Reissue
• ● Material: Vinyl
• ● Type: Album

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