Art Blakey- Big Band Format:LP Dance the Night Away

Dance the Night Away

These feral dogs have set sail for jam island

the release was met with critical and commercial success

Daughters of the Soho Riots

who takes us to the heavens

Art Blakey- Big Band Format:LP Dance the Night AwayLabel: Bethlehem BMG Reissued 5 12 2023, Originally released 1958 Throughout his long career as a bandleader, drummer Art Blakey very rarely played with big bands. This Bethlehem date was a one shot affair, an opportunity for his powerful drumming to be heard propelling a 15 piece orchestra through a set of mostly new material. With such soloists as John Coltrane (who is also featured on two quintet numbers), trombonist Jimmy Cleveland and trumpeters