ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings - 2CD

LABEL: Blue Note

CAT NO: 3595285

BARCODE: 00602435952857

Tracklisting

CD 1:
1. Now’s The Time (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
2. Moanin’ (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
3. Blues March (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
4. The Theme (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)

CD 2:
1. Dat Dere (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
2. ‘Round About Midnight (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
3. Now’s The Time (Version 2 – Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
4. A Night In Tunisia (Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)
5. The Theme (Version 2 – Live At Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1/14/61)

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
– First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

2CD
(Audio was newly transferred from the original ¼” tape reels. Includes 56-page booklet with rare photos, essays, exclusive interviews with Wayne Shorter, Lou Donaldson & more!)

First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. The Jazz Messengers were among the first modern jazz groups to tour the country, and adoring Japanese audiences were enthralled by one of the band’s all-time great line-ups featuring the legendary drummer with Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass. The concert featured soaring performances of well-known jazz staples including Charlie Parker’s “Now’s the Time,” Thelonious Monk’s “’Round About Midnight,” and Jazz Messenger hits including “Blues March,” “Dat Dere,” and “Moanin’.”