Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, featuring Wayne Shorter in his first recording with the group alongside Lee Morgan, Walter Davis, Jr., Jymie Merritt, Art Blakey and Dizzy Reece, record Africaine at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio — the record was not ultimately released until 1981.

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