ACONC43448

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Caravan

From the Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series!

Produced on audiophile-quality vinyl from Craft Recordings!

All-analog mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI!

Presented in tip-on jackets with OBI strip

Originally released in 1963, Caravan was Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ first album for Riverside Records. Featured in addition to Blakey are Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Wayne Shorter (sax), Cedar Walton (piano) and Reggie Workman (bass). This reissue features remastered audio from the original master tapes.

Side 1

Caravan

Sweet ‘N’ Sour

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

Side 2

This Is for Albert

Skylark

Thermo

6. Elsa

7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

8. Know What I Mean? (re-take 7)

9. Who Cares? (take 4)

10. Know What I Mean? (take 2)