Art Blakey discography

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This is a list of albums recorded by Art Blakey, the American jazz drummer.

[edit] Discography

Columbia Records

  • 1956 The Jazz Messengers
  • 1956 Hard Bop
  • 1956/1957 Drum Suite
  • 1956 Originally
  • 1957 Ritual (Pacific Jazz)
  • 1957 Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1 & 2 (Blue Note)
  • 1957 Midnight Session (Elektra)

RCA Victor Records

Bethlehem Records

  • 1957 Hard Drive
  • 1957 Art Blakey Big Band

Fontana Records/Epic Records

  • 1958 Paris Olympia
  • 1958 Des Femmes Disparaissent (soundtrack)
  • 1959 Paris Jam Session

RCA Victor Records

  • 1958 Au Club St Germain, Vol. 1-3
  • 1959 Paris Concert

Blue Note Records

  • 1958 Moanin'
  • 1958 Drums Around the Corner
  • 1958 Holiday for Skins, Vol. 1 & 2
  • 1959 At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol. 1 & 2
  • 1959 Africaine
  • 1960 The Big Beat
  • 1960 A Night in Tunisia
  • 1960 Like Someone in Love
  • 1960 Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vol. 1 & 2
  • 1961 Pisces
  • 1961 Roots & Herbs
  • 1961 The Freedom Rider
  • 1961 The Witch Doctor
  • 1961 Mosaic
  • 1961 Buhaina's Delight
  • 1962 The African Beat
  • 1964 Free For All
  • 1964 Indestructible

Impulse Records

  • 1961 Jazz Messengers
  • 1963 A Jazz Message


  • 1962 Three Blind Mice, Vols. 1 & 2 (United Artists)

Riverside Records

  • 1962 Caravan
  • 1963 Ugetsu
  • 1964 Kyoto


  • 1964 Selections from the New Musical 'Golden Boy' (Colpix)

Limelight Records

  • 1964 'S Make It
  • 1965 Soul Finger
  • 1966 Buttercorn Lady
  • 1966 Hold On, I'm Coming


  • 1968 Art Blakey Live! (Trip)
  • 1970 Jazz Messengers '70 (Catalyst)

Prestige Records

  • 1972 Child's Dance
  • 1973 Buhaina
  • 1973 Anthenagin


  • 1975 In Walked Sonny (Sonet)

Roulette Records

  • 1976 Backgammon
  • 1977 Gypsy Folk Tales

Timeless Records

  • 1977 In My Prime, Vol. 1
  • 1978 In My Prime, Vol. 2
  • 1978 Reflections in Blue
  • 1980 Live at Montreux and Northsea
  • 1981 Album of the Year
  • 1982 Oh, by the Way
  • 1985 Blue Night
  • 1989 Feel the Wind
  • 1990 Chippin' In


  • 1979 Night in Tunisa (Philips)

Concord Records

  • 1978 In This Korner
  • 1981 Straight Ahead
  • 1982 Keystone 3
  • 1984 New York Scene
  • 1985 Live at Kimball's


  • 1981 Killer Joe: Art Blakey & George Kawaguchi (Storyville)

King Records/ProJazz Records

  • 1985 Live at Sweet Basil
  • 1985 Hard Champion
  • 1985 Dr. Jeckyl
  • 1985 New Year's Eve at Sweet Basil
  • 1988 Standards


  • 1986 Feeling Good (Delos)

Soul Note Records

  • 1988 Not Yet
  • 1988 I Get a Kick out of Bu


  • 1990 One for All (A&M)


Alumni Recordings

  • 1982 Art Blakey & The All Star Messengers
  • 1983 Caravan
  • 1983 Aurex Jazz Festival '83: Art Blakey and the All Star Jazz Messengers
  • 1984 A Groovy Night With the Magnificent Six
  • 1989 The Art of Jazz


Concert Recordings

  • 1956 Sessions Live
  • 1958 Live in Holland
  • 1959 Live in Copenhagen
  • 1959 Live in Stockholm
  • 1959/1962 Live in Berlin 1959/1962
  • 1960 Electric Sticks
  • 1960 Lausanne 1960, Part 1
  • 1960 Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set
  • 1961 A Day with Art Blakey, Vol. 1 & 2
  • 1961 Olympia 1961, Vol. 1-3
  • 1968 Moanin'
  • 1969 Mellow Blues
  • 1972 Art's Break
  • 1979 One By One
  • 1980 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Who's Who)
  • 1981 Art Blakey in Sweden
  • 1985 Live at Ronnie Scott's (BBC)
  • 1985 Live at Ronnie Scott's (Castle)

[edit] Videos

  • 2004 Live at Village Vanguard
  • 2003 Live at the Smithsonian
  • 2003 Live from Ronnie Scott's (DVD)
  • 2003 Modern Jazz at the Village Vanguard
  • 2001 Jazz Life, Vol. 2
  • 1998 Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
  • 1995 The Jazz Messenger (Video/DVD)
  • 1986 At Ronnie Scott's London (Video)
  • 1983 Jazz at the Smithsonian

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