Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - In My PrimeAvailable in the shop on Record Store Day Art Blakey (19191990) actually needs little introduction, the American Jazz drummer and bandleader made a name for himself in the 1940s & 1950s playing with contemporaries such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He is often considered to have been Thelonious Monk's most empathetic drummer (he played on both Monks first recording session in 1947 and his final one in 1971). In the decades that

Jagged and ferocious

Vladimir Luchanskiy (saxophone)

this forgotten and almost lost board mix in all its unvarnished glory (remastered here by Christian Nesmith

Withered Hand)

it pierces your heart with heroic resignation and longing

Special Interest have returned with their sophomore LP

04: Travelling Man

one that breezes along with boundless energy

Johnson toured with Howlin‰۪ Wolf from late 1959 until 1962

turner's charismatic vocals remain centre stage with that sweetening flutter of vibrato

Lemmy’s there in flesh or spirit

The LP will not be repressed