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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 MessengersMosaicBlue Note (1961)
              Art Blakey leads Freddie Hubbard trumpet, wayne SHorter sax, Curtis Fuller trombone, Cedar Walton piano, Jymie Merritt bass. First album on Blue Note...
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              • – Children Of The Night
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              • – Crisis
              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 5524253£28.00
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              Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersCaravan (1963)Riverside
              Amazing, classic line-up, smokin' early 60s soul jazz. Art Blakey, Drums Wayne Shorter, Tenor Saxophone Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet Curtis Fuller, Trombone Cedar...

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                                  • Original LP£20.00
                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned USA vinyl
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                                  • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 4509258£39.00
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                                    • Original LP BST 84336£40.00
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                                      • Original LP BST 84427£15.00
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                                        • Original LP BST-84204£60.00
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                                            • New LP (180g) 5524255£28.00
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                                              • Original LP GP-3205£15.00
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                                                • New LP (180g) 3856842£39.00
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                                                            • LP (180 gram) 3814586£35.00
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                                                              • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3814591£36.00
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                                                                • New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM) 3573216£36.00
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