'First Message' is the debut studio album by Messengers, a large German jazz-rock/fusion ensemble from Berlin, released in 1975 via Red Point.

Messengers was a Berlin-based collective of over a dozen musicians, characterized by a rich horn section, funk-soul flair, and progressive touches. The main composer and trumpeter was Bernhard Jobski, later known for the symphonic work Einstein in Eden. Vocal duties included contributions from Antonia Maas and Gary Gordon.

After First Message, the band expanded its orchestral and progressive sound in their 1977 follow‑up, Children of Tomorrow, considered a more adventurous work.

Messengers – First Message

Label: Red Point – 89 221 OT

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: Germany

Released: 1975

Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul

Style: #JazzRock, #Fusion

A1 Hankock's Hideaway

A2 Man With The Sea-Blue Eyes

A3 Kind Of A Love Affair

A4 Number One

A5 One-And-Twenty

B1 All Is Fair In Love (a cover of Stevie Wonder)

B2 Ballerina (Take Me Up The Stairs)

B3 Actions

B4 Gang Bang

B5 La Matanza

Bass – #MickeyBahner, #PaulCameron

Bass, Piano, Twelve-String Guitar – #ThomasSchiedel

Drums, Percussion, Vocals – #OlafGustafsson

Electric Piano [Fender Piano] – Eduardo

Flute – #WolfgangDünschede

Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone – #PeterFörster

Guitar – #IngoKramer

Guitar, Violin, Vocals – #MichaelGechter

Keyboards, Vocals – Nono

Percussion – #LutzHalfter

Percussion, Congas, Chimes – #StefanHolmJun.

Synthesizer [Moog], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Clavinet [Hohner D6], Organ, Accordion – #ThomasGlanz

Timpani – #MartinRosenthal, #WalterLessig

Trombone, Horn, Vocals – #JoeKörner

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion, Vocals – #PeterTüllmann, #ThomasNeviger

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals – #BernhardJobski

Vocals – #AntoniaMaas, Gary Gordon

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