Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ‎– Tokyo 1961 The Complete Concerts

2-CD SET

This release contains Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ complete recordings from their first Japanese tour in 1961. These consist of two sets, one recorded live at Sankei Hall in Tokyo, and a posterior TV show performed in the same city the following week. Both sets feature an amazing lineup, with the leader on drums, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymmie Merritt on bass.

PERSONNEL:

ART BLAKEY, drums & leader
LEE MORGAN, trumpet
WAYNE SHORTER, tenor sax
BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
JYMIE MERRITT, bass

Nobuo Hara Sharps and Flats big band, added on CD2, 7-8 only.

CD1 & CD2 (1-2): Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan, January 2, 1961.
CD2 (3-8): TBS-TV Studios, Tokyo, Japan, January 11, 1961.

CD 1: total time 75:29

01 The Summit
02 The Breeze And I
03 Blues March
04 Moanin’
05 Its’ Only A Paper Moon
06 Nelly Bly
07 Dat Dere

CD 2: total time 74:55

01 ‘Round Midnight
02 A Night In Tunisia
03 The Summit #2
04 Dat Dere #2
05 A Night In Tunisia #2
06 Yama
07 Moanin’ #2
08 Blues March #2

BOX 9