| Caravan | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |
| Cover: | Caravan art blakey.jpg |
| Released: | Early February 1963 |
| Recorded: | October 23–24, 1962 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz, hard bop |
| Length: | 52:17 |
| Label: | Riverside RLP 438 |
| Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
| Prev Title: | Three Blind Mice |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | Ugetsu |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
Caravan is a jazz album released by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in February 1963.[1] It was Blakey's first album for Riverside Records after he signed with them in October 1962.[2] The songs were recorded at the Plaza Sound Studio in New York City, on October 23–24, 1962[3] The producer was Orrin Keepnews who also supervised the album's remastered re-release on CD.
In 2007, the BBC described it as "a slick, fluid, professional set of hard bop at its finest".[4]