Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Oh-By The Way (1LP Coloured)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: MOVLP4186C
Barcode: 8719262046214
Release Date: 11 Sep 2026
Genre: Jazz

180 gram audiophile vinyl
Featuring Terence Blanchard on trumpet, Bill Pierce and Donald Harrison on alto saxophone, Johnny O'Neal on piano
and Charles Fambrough on double bass
Includes "One by One" and the jazz standard "My Funny Valentine"
Includes newly written liner-notes by Timeless Jazz founders Wim & Ria Wigt
Limited edition on blue coloured vinyl

Oh‑By The Way captures a new era for Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1982 and showcasing a fresh generation of rising stars. This lineup features Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison and Johnny O’Neal, who stepped in after the celebrated Marsalis-Williams period and continued Blakey’s unmatched legacy of discovering and shaping young jazz talent.
Today, Oh‑By The Way stands as a testament to the enduring vitality and evolution of The Jazz Messengers tradition, a compelling document of Blakey’s ever‑renewing creative force.
Oh-by The Way is available as a limited edition on blue coloured vinyl, includes liner notes by Dutch Timeless label owners Wim and Ria Wigt.
Affixed on plastic sleeve is the 50th anniversary sticker.

Side A
1. Oh-By The Way
2. Duck Soup
3. Tropical Breeze
4. One By One
Side B
1. Sudan Blue
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Alicia