DESCRIPTION:
- Caravan is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in February 1963. It was Blakey's first album for Riverside Records after he signed with them in October 1962.
The songs were recorded at the Plaza Sound Studio in New York City on October 23-24, 1962 and produced by Orrin Keepnews. The sessions featured Blakey's talented sidemen Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Reggie Workman (bass) and Curtis Fuller (trombone).
In 2007, the BBC described it as "a slick, fluid, professional set of hard bop at its finest".
Track listing

"Caravan" (Ellington, Mills) - 9.46
"Sweet n' Sour" (Shorter) - 5.30
"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Hilliard, Mann) - 4.05
"This Is For Albert" (Shorter) - 8.20
"Skylark" (Carmichael, Mercer) - 4.50
"Thermo" (Hubbard) - 6.45
The CD re-issue features alternate takes of "Sweet n' Sour" and "Thermo."
"Thermo (Take 2)" (Hubbard) - 7.26
"Sweet n' Sour (Take 4)" (Shorter) - 5.27
Personnel

Art Blakey, drums
Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet
Curtis Fuller, trombone
Cedar Walton, piano
Reggie Workman, bass