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    • 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!

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      Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey And The Jazz MessengersPhilips
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        Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersA Day With Art Blakey 1961 • Vol IEastwind
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                  Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersMosaicBlue Note (1961)
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