Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) Format:Limited Edition 180g Red Coloured Vinyl LP enveloping the creative process and

enveloping the creative process and setting the tone for 'Melting

Landscape from Memory demanded a degree of openness and vulnerability in its assembly

Bobby Timmons on piano

Kid Congo Powers

drummer Matt Arrebollo and guitarist Nate Garrett—make their homes

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Album Of The Year (2026 Reissue) Format:Limited Edition 180g Red Coloured Vinyl LP enveloping the creative process andArt Blakey, whose career spanned nearly 50 years of Black music history, exemplifies the timeless role of the drums in jazz. Album of the Year, originally released in 1981, features The Jazz Messengers: trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Robert Watson and Bill Pierce, pianist James Williams, and bassist Charles Fambrough, alongside drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. The album was recorded in Paris, and tracks include Cheryl (written by Charlie