In My Prime

In My PrimeArt 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 Monks most empathetic drummer (he played on both Monks first recording session in 1947 and his final one in 1971). In the decades that followed Blakey recorded for all THE labels

They insist they're different

This newly discovered live-recording of a performance of the Love Supreme suite is a revelation

Also included is a booklet with exclusive liner notes by Todd Haynes

Scotlands’ answer to the New York Dolls

The treasure of this album is based on the musical richness experienced in the times of the Panama Canal in which many cultures converged and gave life to a never-before-seen mix of rhythms such as: soul

In the past couple of years since his debut album

Vinyl comes with a download card housed in a single sleeve

bluesy groove that doesn't let up from start to finish

heÕs collaborated with other artists like Tyler

In the mid-1950s he and Horace Silver formed ‘The Jazz Messengers’: a group that Blakey would perform and record with for the next 35 years

it has no discernible connection to Scott's surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense

if you're from Malmo' you're probably wondering why they haven't gotten world famous yet and it makes sense when you take 'Makes You Happy' for a spin