For those who like their bop hard as granite and faster than a bullet train, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers taped dozens of classic LPs. Down here in the basement I often spin A Night In Tunisia (1960), Mosaic (1961) or the Messenger’s self-titled Impulse! session of 1961. But the Blue Note LP Free For All (1964) is an even better disc to fulfil…
The festival landscape has undergone major upheaval in the last three years, and Covid’s long-term impact on the music industry…
