A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March
# A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March

A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March is a 1995 CD release by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers for Movieplay records.

It is a rare session for the small Movieplay imprint featuring Jazz Messengers staple "Along Came Betty" along with three Shorter tunes, among them a less prevalent version of "Lester Left Town." The booklet that accompanies the Movieplay CD indicates only that it was recorded in Europe, in "1961" but the band's lineup, and track lengths indicate that was likely recorded December 6, 1960, at Konserthuset, Stockholm, and most of the material was previously released on the Swedish Dragon label as "Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Live In Stockholm 1960."

## Track listing

* "The Summit" (Shorter) — 8:41
* "Along Came Betty" (Golson) — 8:41
* "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) — 12:32
* "Blues March" (Golson) — 10:21
* "Nellie Bly" (Shorter) — 11:41
* "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose) — 11:22

## Personnel

* Art Blakey - drums
* Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
* Lee Morgan - trumpet
* Bobby Timmons - piano
* Jymie Merritt - bass
