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    • LP (180 gram) 884052£35.00
      180g audiophile vinyl reissue in a deluxe gatefold sleeve
    • Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Ping Pong
    • 1. Ping Pong
    • 2. Roots And Herbs
    • 3. The Back Sliders
    • 4. United
    • 5. Look At The Birdie
    • 6. Master Mind

    HEAVY, HEAVY HEAVY album with the all-time jazz dancer Ping-Pong. Recorded in 1961, not released until 1970 this is an ESSENTIAL Blue Note release available in deluxe Tone Poet gatefold edition for the first time ever!

    Other Releases by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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      Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersFree For AllBlue Note
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                • – 'Philly' Twist
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                • – Sunset
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                • – Sunrise In Mexico
                • – Windmill
                • – Dorham's Epitaph
                • LP 7580719£27.99
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                McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
                McCoy Tyner had been increasingly looking to Africa for inspiration on his Blue Note records of the late-60s. With 1970’s Asante he brought those influences...
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                • – Fulfillment
                • LP 6501974£36.99
                  Part of Blue Note's 'Tone Poet' series.
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                Stanley TurrentineEasy WalkerBlue Note
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                • LP 7580705£27.99
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                • LP 7580696£27.99
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                • LP 7894910£36.99
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                      • Original LP B-6502 K£12.00
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                      Stanley TurrentineRough 'N TumbleBlue Note
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                        • New LP (180g) 3538218£42.99
                          Blue Note Tone Poet Series
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                        • Original LP BST-84240£50.00
                          Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl Blue/white label liberty pressing,in original shrink
                        Sidney De ParisDeParis DixieBlue Note
                          • Original LP B-6501£10.00
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                          Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
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                                  • LP 6510372£27.99
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                                    • LP 4881948£36.99
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