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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | August 22nd 17 |
While it's not quite as good as At The Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1, Volume 2 has some moments on here well worthy of their own release. Still working with the same ineffable quintet as the last time around, The Jazz Messengers get things off to a hot start with "Sportin' Crowd", a song on which each of the members' soloing abilities are given a chance to shine. Groovy and bluesy are the two defining factors here; Art Blakey himself said as much before the group descended into a rendition of "Like Someone In Love": "And at this point, ladies and gentlemen, we'd like to play for you... ...anything groovy." While the last couple of songs aren't nearly as good as the opener, they're still very solid and the chemistry between the members is definitely noticeable. It's this same chemistry, even in its smaller stages in 1954, that would allow these men to pen some of the great jazz albums of the era and go down in history one of jazz's greatest collectives.
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