# The Jazz Messengers discography

The Jazz Messengers were a jazz band that existed with varying personnel for 35 years. Their discography consists of 47 studio albums, 21 live albums, 2 soundtracks, 6 compilations, and one boxed set.
Drummer Art Blakey was the leader or co-leader of the group throughout its existence. He is the drummer on all Jazz Messengers recordings and is therefore elided from personnel listings. Members recorded as either a quintet or sextet except for one 11-piece big band appearance and their expansion to a septet at the end.
The earliest recordings of the original Messengers were on Blue Note Records; all of the original Messengers (except bassist Doug Watkins) had released albums under their own name on the label. Blue Note 1518 was a reissue of two previously released 10" LPs credited to The Horace Silver Quintet.
A few recordings on Columbia Records followed with a couple different formations. As the second Messengers lineup stabilized they recorded for the RCA sub-label Vik Records, interspersed with one-off recordings for Cadet Records, Jubilee Records, and Atlantic.
Starting in 1959, a new lineup with Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt, and later Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, and Curtis Fuller would see the group return to Blue Note for several years. This group also traveled to Europe where a couple albums on Fontana Records appeared. In 1961, there was a single album on Impulse! Records. In 1963 the first of three releases appeared on Riverside Records, while new releases on Blue Note continued to be issued.
After Wayne Shorter departed for Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, the band signed with Quincy Jones' Mercury sub-label Limelight Records for three more releases starting in 1965.
Except for a 1970 release on the obscure Catalyst, and various bootlegs, the band did not release a recording between 1966 and 1972, when they re-appeared on Prestige Records for three more albums. In 1975 the band released an album with guest artist Sonny Stitt on the Swedish Sonet Records, then came two albums on Roulette Records in 1976 and 1978.
Starting in 1978, the band began to release albums on the Dutch Timeless Records and the Concord Jazz subsidiary of Concord Records. These groups included a changing lineup of young jazz musicians such as: Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Wallace Roney, Mulgrew Miller, and Lonnie Plaxico.
Near the end, there were two albums on the Italian Soul Note label, and the final album on A&M Records. The Jazz Messengers came to an end with the death of Blakey in 1990.

## Studio albums

Albums are listed in order of earliest recording session. Some albums were not released for many years after their recording. The formats listed are the formats issued at the original release date. Most of the albums have been reissued on compact disc, many with additional tracks. Some albums have also been reissued or repackaged on varying labels and formats. See the specific album articles for reissue information.
| Album | Album Details | Personnel | Notes |
| The Jazz Messengers | Released: 1956 Recorded: April 5, and May 4, 1956 Label: Columbia (CL 897) Format: LP | Donald Byrd – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Horace Silver – piano Doug Watkins – double bass | |
| Hard Bop | Released: 1957 Recorded: December 12 and 13, 1956 Label: Columbia (CL 1040) Format: LP | Bill Hardman – trumpet Jackie McLean – alto saxophone Sam Dockery – piano Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass | |
| Ritual | Released: 1957 Recorded: January 14 and February 11, 1957 Label: Pacific Jazz (PJM-402) Format: LP | Hardman McLean Dockery DeBrest | The liner notes state that Pacific Jazz got this record in exchange for Columbia getting a record by Chet Baker. |
| Tough! | Released: 1966 Recorded: Spring, 1957 Label: Cadet (4049) Format: LP | Hardman McLean Dockery DeBrest | |
| Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... | Released: 1957 Recorded: March 13, 1957 Label: Vik Records (1103) Format: LP | Hardman Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone Dockery DeBrest | |
| A Night in Tunisia | Released: 1957 Recorded: April 8, 1957 Label: Vik Records (1115) Format: LP | Hardman McLean Griffin Dockery DeBrest | Jackie McLean is credited as "Ferris Benda." |
| Cu-Bop | Released: 1957 Recorded: May 13, 1957 Label: Jubilee (1049) Format: LP | Hardman Griffin Dockery DeBrest Guest: Sabu | |
| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk | Released: 1958 Recorded: May 14 and 15, 1957 Label: Atlantic (LP 1278 [Mono], SD 1278 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hardman Griffin DeBrest Guest: Thelonious Monk – piano | |
| Hard Drive | Released: 1957 Recorded: August 9 and 11, 1957 Label: Bethlehem (6023) Format: LP | August 9: Hardman, Griffin, Dockery, DeBrest August 11: Hardman, Griffin, Junior Mance – piano, DeBrest | |
| Moanin' | Released: 1959 Recorded: October 30, 1958 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4003 [Mono], BST 4003 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Lee Morgan – trumpet Benny Golson – tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons – piano Jymie Merritt – double bass | Though known as Moanin', the album was officially released as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. |
| The Big Beat | Released: 1960 Recorded: March 3, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4029 [Mono], BST 84029 [Stereo]) Format: LP Format: LP | Morgan Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Timmons – piano Merritt | Bobby Timmons returns to the Messengers, after a short engagement with Cannonball Adderley. |
| Like Someone in Love | Released: 1966 Recorded: August 7 and 14, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4245 [Mono], BST 84245 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Timmons Merritt | |
| A Night in Tunisia | Released: 1960 Recorded: August 7 and 14, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4049 [Mono], BST 84049 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Timmons Merritt | |
| The Freedom Rider | Released: 1962 Recorded: February 18 and May 27, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4156 [Mono], BST 84156 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Timmons Merritt | |
| Roots & Herbs | Released: 1970 Recorded: February 18 and May 27, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BST 84347) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Timmons Walter Davis, Jr. – piano Merritt | |
| The Witch Doctor | Released: 1967 Recorded: March 14, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BST 84258) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Timmons Merritt | |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Released: 1961 Recorded: June 13 and 14, 1961 Label: Impulse! (A-7) Format: LP | Morgan Curtis Fuller – trombone Shorter Timmons Merritt | |
| Mosaic | Released 1961 Recorded: October 2, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4090 [Mono], BST 84090 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Fuller Shorter Cedar Walton – piano Merritt | |
| Buhaina's Delight | Released: 1963 Recorded: November 28 and December 18, 1961 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4104 [Mono], BST 84104 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Merritt | |
| Caravan | Released: 1963 Recorded: October 23 and 24, 1962 Label: Riverside (RLP 438 [Mono], RS 8438 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Reggie Workman – double bass | |
| Golden Boy | Released: 1963 Recorded: 1963 Label: Colpix (CP 478 [Mono], SCP 478 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Workman Guests: Julius Watkins – French horn Bill Barber – tuba James Spaulding – alto saxophone Charles Davis – baritone saxophone | |
| Free for All | Released: 1964 Recorded: February 10, 1964 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4170 [Mono], BST 84170 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Workman | |
| Kyoto | Released: 1964 Recorded: February 20, 1964 Label: Riverside (RLP 493 [Mono], RS 9493 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Workman Guest: Wellington Blakey – vocals | |
| Indestructible | Released: 1965 Recorded: April 24 and May 15, 1964 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4192 [Mono], BST 84193 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Lee Morgan – trumpet Fuller Shorter Walton Workman | |
| 'S Make It | Released: 1965 Recorded: November 14, 16 and 25, 1964 Label: Limelight (LM 82001 [Mono], LS 86001 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Fuller John Gilmore – tenor saxophone John Hicks – piano Victor Sproles – double bass | |
| Soul Finger | Released: 1965 Recorded: April 21 and May 12 and 13, 1965 Label: Limelight (LM 82018 [Mono] LS 86018 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Gary Bartz – alto saxophone Hicks Sproles Guest: Lucky Thompson – soprano saxophone | |
| Child's Dance | Released: 1972 Recorded: May 23 and July 28, 1972 Label: Prestige (P 10047) Format: LP | May 23: Ramon Morris – flute Buddy Terry – soprano saxophone John Hicks – electric piano Mickey Bass – double bass Emanuel Rahim – conga Nataniel Bettis – percussion Richie "Pablo" Landrum – percussion Sonny Morgan – percussion July 28: Woody Shaw – trumpet Manny Boyd – flute Ramon Morris – tenor saxophone George Cables – piano, electric piano Stanley Clarke – electric bass Ray Mantilla – conga | |
| Buhaina | Released: 1973 Recorded: March 26–29, 1973 Label: Prestige (P 10067) Format: LP | Shaw Carter Jefferson – tenor and soprano saxophone Cedar Walton – piano, electric piano Bass Tony Waters – conga Guests: Jon Hendricks – vocals Michael Howell – guitar | |
| Anthenagin | Released: 1973 Recorded: March 26–29, 1973 Label: Prestige (P 10076) Format: LP | Shaw Jefferson Walton Bass Waters Guests: Michael Howell – guitar Steve Turre – trombone | Steve Turre is listed as "Steve Turley" on the album. |
| In Walked Sonny | Released: 1975 Recorded: May 16, 1975 Label Sonet (SNTF 691) Format: LP | Bill Hardman – trumpet David Schnitter – tenor saxophone Walter Davis, Jr. – piano "Chin" Suzuki – double bass Guest: Sonny Stitt – tenor and alto saxophone | |
| Backgammon | Released: 1976 Recorded: March 15 and 16, 1976 Label: Roulette (SR 5003) Format: LP | Hardman Schnitter Al Dailey – piano Suzuki Guest: Ladji Camara – flute, vocals | |
| Gypsy Folk Tales | Released: 1977 Recorded: February 12, 17, 28 and March 1, 1977 Label: Roulette (SR 5008) Format: LP | Valery Ponomarev – trumpet Bobby Watson – alto saxophone Schnitter Walter Davis, Jr. – piano Dennis Irwin – double bass | |
| In My Prime Vol. 1 | Released: 1978 Recorded: December 29, 1977 Label: Timeless (SJP 114) Format: LP | Ponomarev Curtis Fuller – trombone Watson Schnitter James Williams – piano Irwin Ray Mantilla – percussion | |
| In My Prime Vol. 2 | Released: 1978 Recorded: December 30, 1977 Label: Timeless (SJP 118) Format: LP | Ponomarev Fuller Watson Schnitter Williams Irwin Mantilla | |
| Reflections in Blue | Released: 1979 Recorded: December 4, 1978 Label: Timeless (SJP 128) Format: LP | Ponomarev Watson Schnitter Williams Irwin | |
| Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording | Released: 1979 Recorded: February 12, 1979 Label: Philips (6385 943) Format: LP | Ponomarev Watson Schnitter Williams Irwin | |
| Album of the Year | Released: 1981 Recorded: April 12, 1981 Label: Timeless (SJP 155) Format: LP | Wynton Marsalis – trumpet Watson Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone Williams Charles Fambrough – double bass | |
| Oh-By the Way | Released: 1982 Recorded: May 20, 1982 Label: Timeless (SJP 165) Format: LP | Terence Blanchard – trumpet Donald Harrison – alto saxophone Pierce Johnny O'Neal – piano Fambrough | |
| New York Scene | Released: 1984 Recorded: May, 1984 Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 256) Format: LP | Blanchard Harrison Jean Toussaint – tenor saxophone Mulgrew Miller – piano Lonnie Plaxico – double bass | |
| Blue Night | Released: 1985 Recorded: March 17, 1985 Label: Timeless (SJP 217) Format: LP, CD | Blanchard Harrison Toussaint Miller Plaxico | |
| Feeling Good | Released: 1986 Recorded: September 8 and 9, 1986 Label: Delos (D/CD 4007) Format: CD | Wallace Roney – trumpet Tim Williams – trombone Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone Toussaint Donald Brown – piano Peter Washington – double bass | |
| Not Yet | Released: 1988 Recorded: March 19, 1988 Label: Soul Note (SN 1105) Format: LP, CD | Philip Harper – trumpet Robin Eubanks – trombone Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone Benny Green – piano Washington | |
| I Get a Kick Out of Bu | Released: 1988 Recorded: November 11, 1988 Label: Soul Note (SN 1155) Format: LP, CD | Harper R. Eubanks Jackson Green Leon Lee Dorsey – double bass | |
| Chippin' In | Released: 1990 Recorded: February 1 and 2, 1990 Label: Timeless (SJP 340) Format: CD, LP | Bryan Lynch – trumpet Steve Davis – trombone Frank Lacy – trombone Dale Barlow – tenor saxophone Jackson Geoff Keezer – piano Essiet Okon Essiet – double bass | |
| One for All | Released: 1990 Recorded: April 10 and 11, 1990 Label: A&M (75021 5329–2) Format: CD | Lynch Davis Barlow Jackson Keezer Essiet | |

## Live albums

| Album | Album Details | Personnel | Venue |
| At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 | Released: 1956 Recorded: November 23, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1507) Format: LP | Kenny Dorham – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Horace Silver – piano Doug Watkins – double bass | Café Bohemia, New York City |
| At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 | Released: 1956 Recorded: November 23, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1508) Format: LP | Dorham Mobley Silver Watkins | Café Bohemia, NYC |
| A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers | Released: 1957 Recorded: March 8 and 9, 1957 Label: Elektra (ELK 120) Format: LP | Bill Hardman – trumpet Jackie McLean – alto saxophone Sam Dockery – piano Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass | Carl Fischer Concert Hall, NYC |
| 1958 – Paris Olympia | Released: 1959 Recorded: November 22 and December 17, 1958 Label: Fontana (680 202) Format: LP | Lee Morgan – trumpet Benny Golson – tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons – piano Jymie Merritt – double bass | Olympia, Paris, France |
| Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers au club St. Germain | Released: 1959 Recorded: December 21, 1958 Label: RCA (France) (430.043) Format: LP | Lee Morgan – trumpet Benny Golson – tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons – piano Jymie Merritt – double bass | Club Saint-Germain, Paris, France |
| At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 | Released: 1959 Recorded: April 15, 1959 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4015, BLP 4016 [Mono]; BST 84014, BST 84016 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Timmons Merritt | Birdland, NYC |
| Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Released: 1960 Recorded: November 15, 1959 Label: RCA (France) (430.054) Format: LP | Morgan Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Walter Davis, Jr. – piano Merritt | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France |
| Paris Jam Session | Released: 1960 Recorded: December 18, 1959 Label: Fontana (680 207) Format: LP | Morgan Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Walter Davis, Jr. – piano Merritt Guests: Barney Wilen – alto saxophone Bud Powell – piano | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France |
| Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 | Released: 1961 Recorded: September 14, 1960 Label: Blue Note (BLP 4054, BLP 4055 [Mono]; BST 84054, BST 84055 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Morgan Shorter Bobby Timmons – piano Merritt | Birdland, NYC |
| First Flight to Tokyo | Released: 2021 (November 5) Recorded: January 14, 1961 Label: Blue Note Format: LP/CD | Morgan Shorter Bobby Timmons – piano Merritt | Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| Three Blind Mice | Released: 1962 Recorded: March 18, 1962 Label: United Artists (UAJ 14002 [Mono], UAJS 15002 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Curtis Fuller – trombone Shorter Cedar Walton – piano Merritt | The Renaissance Club, Hollywood, CA |
| Ugetsu | Released: 1963 Recorded: June 16, 1963 Label: Riverside (RLP 464 [Mono], RS 9464 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Hubbard Fuller Shorter Walton Reggie Workman – double bass | Birdland, NYC |
| Buttercorn Lady | Released: 1966 Recorded: January 1 and 9, 1966 Label: Limelight (LM 82034 [Mono] LS 86034 [Stereo]) Format: LP | Chuck Mangione – trumpet Frank Mitchell – tenor saxophone Keith Jarrett – piano Reggie Johnson – double bass | Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA |
| Jazz Messengers '70 | Released: 1970 Recorded: February 19, 1970 Label: Catalyst (CAT 7902) Format: LP | Bill Hardman – trumpet Carlos Garnett – tenor saxophone Joanne Brackeen – piano Jan Arnet – double bass | Victor Studio 1, Tokyo, Japan |
| In This Korner | Released: 1978 Recorded: May 8, 1978 Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 68) Format: LP | Valery Ponomarev – trumpet Bobby Watson – alto saxophone David Schnitter – tenor saxophone James Williams – piano Dennis Irwin – double bass | Keystone Korner, San Francisco |
| One by One | Released: 1981 Recorded: November 4, 1979 Label: Palcoscenico (15005) Format: LP | Ponomarev Watson Schnitter Williams Irwin | CIAK, Milan, Italy |
| Live at Montreux and Northsea | Released: 1980 Recorded: July 13 and 17, 1980 Label: Timeless (SJP 150) Format: LP | Ponomarev Wynton Marsalis – trumpet Robin Eubanks – trombone Watson Bill Pierce – tenor sax Branford Marsalis – alto and baritone sax Williams Kevin Eubanks – guitar Charles Fambrough – double bass John Ramsay – drums | Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland & North Sea Jazz Festival, The Netherlands |
| Art Blakey in Sweden | Released: 1981 Recorded: March 9, 1981 Label: Amigo (AMPL 839) Format: LP | W. Marsalis Watson Pierce Williams Fambrough | Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Straight Ahead | Released: 1981 Recorded: June, 1981 Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 168, CCD 4168) Format: LP | W. Marsalis Watson Pierce Williams Fambrough | Keystone Korner, San Francisco |
| Keystone 3 | Released: 1982 Recorded: January, 1982 Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 196 CCD 4196) Format: LP | W. Marsalis Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone Pierce Donald Brown – piano Fambrough | Keystone Korner, San Francisco |
| Live at Ronnie Scott's 1985 | Released: 2000 Recorded: February 18, 1985 Label: BBC Legends (BBCJ 7003–2) Format: CD | Terence Blanchard – trumpet Donald Harrison – alto saxophone Jean Toussaint – tenor saxophone Mulgrew Miller – piano Lonnie Plaxico – double bass | Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, UK |
| Live at Ronnie Scott's | Released: 1985 Recorded: February 25, 1985 Label: DRG (91444) Format: CD | Blanchard Harrison Toussaint Miller Plaxico | Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, UK |
| Live at Sweet Basil | Recorded: March 24, 1985 Label: Paddle Wheel Format: CD | Blanchard Harrison Toussaint Miller Plaxico | Sweet Basil Jazz Club, NYC |
| Live at Kimball's | Released: 1985 Recorded: April 13, 1985 Label: Concord Jazz (CJ 307, CCD 4307) Format: LP, CD, CS | Blanchard Harrison Toussaint Miller Plaxico | Kimball's, San Francisco |
| The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen | Released: 1989 Recorded: October 9, 1989 Label: IN+OUT (77028–2) Format: CD | Brian Lynch – trumpet Frank Lacy – trombone Donald Harrison – alto saxophone Javon Jackson – tenor saxophone Geoff Keezer – piano Essiet Okon Essiet – double bass | Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Germany |
| Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series, Vol. 6: Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set | Released: 1996 Recorded: December 8, 1960 Label: TCB Records (TCB 02062) Format: CD | Morgan – trumpet Shorter – tenor saxophone Timmons – piano Merritt – double bass | Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland |

## Soundtracks

| Album | Album Details | Personnel | Notes |
| Des Femmes Disparaissent | Released: 1959 Recorded: December 18 and 19, 1958 Label: Fontana (660 224) Format: LP | Lee Morgan – trumpet Benny Golson – tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons – piano Jymie Merritt – double bass | |
| Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 | Released: 1960 Recorded: July 25 and 29, 1959 Label: Fontana (680 203) Format: LP | Morgan Timmons Merritt Guests: Barney Wilen – tenor saxophone Duke Jordan – piano Tommy Lopez and Willie Rodriguez – conga Johnny Rodriguez – bongos | |

## Compilation albums

| Album | Album Details | Personnel | Notes |
| Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers | Released: 1956 Recorded: December 13, 1954 and February 6, 1955 Label: Blue Note (BLP 1518) Format: LP | Kenny Dorham – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Horace Silver – piano Doug Watkins – double bass | This album is a reissue of two Blue Note 10" records, numbers 5058 and 5062; Horace Silver Quintet Vols. 1 & 2. |
| The Cool Voice of Rita Reys | Released: 1956 Recorded: May 3, and June 25, 1956 Label: Columbia (CL 903) Format: LP | May 5: Donald Byrd – trumpet Mobley Silver Watkins June 25: Byrd Ira Sullivan – tenor saxophone Kenny Drew – piano Wilbur Ware – double bass | Jazz Messengers back up Rita Reys for half of this record. |
| The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers | Released 1992 Label: Mosaic Records Format: 6 CDs or 10 LPs | Wayne Shorter (ts) Lee Morgan (tp) Bobby Timmons (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Art Blakey (d) | |
| Originally | Released: 1982 Recorded: April 5, May 4, June 25, December 12, 1956 Label: Columbia (FC 38036) Format: LP | April 5 and May 4: Byrd, Mobley, Silver, Watkins June 25: Byrd, Sullivan, Drew, Ware December 12: Hardman, McLean, Dockery DeBrest | |
| Drum Suite | Released: 1957 Recorded: December 13, 1956 Label: Columbia (CL 1002) Format: LP | Hardman McLean Dockery DeBrest | Side 1 is the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble, recorded February 22, 1957, side two is the Jazz Messengers, credited separately, in the notes. |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land | Released: 1957 Recorded: January 14 and February 11, 1957 Label: Pacific Jazz (PJ-33) Format: LP | Bill Hardman – trumpet Jackie McLean – alto saxophone Sam Dockery – piano Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest – double bass | Split record with Elmo Hope. Additional tracks from PJM-402. |
| Just Coolin' | Released: April 24, 2020 Recorded: March 8, 1959 Label: Blue Note Format LP, CD, digital download | Morgan Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Timmons – piano Merritt | Shelved because the content is similar to At the Jazz Corner of the World |
| Africaine | Released: 1981 Recorded: October 10, 1959 Label: Blue Note (LT 1088) Format: LP | Morgan Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Walter Davis, Jr. – piano Merritt Guest: Dizzy Reece – conga | |
| Pisces | Released: 1979 Recorded: February 12 and May 27, 1961, and April 15, 1964 Label: King (Japan) (GFX-3060) Format: LP | February 12 and May 27, 1961: Morgan, Shorter, Timmons, Merritt April 15, 1964: Morgan, Shorter, Fuller, Walton, Workman | |
| Live Messengers | Released: 1978 Recorded: August 17, 1961 and March 8, 1962 Label: Blue Note (BN-LA472-J2) Format: LP | Freddie Hubbard – trumpet Curtis Fuller – trombone Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Cedar Walton – piano Jymie Merritt – double bass | This 2 record set also contains previously unreleased tracks from the proto-Messengers A Night at Birdland featuring Clifford Brown from February 12, 1954. |