First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Recorded live at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo at the end of Blakey’s first ever tour of Japan, the audience’s enthusiasm clearly had a bearing on the animation and intensity of the soloists…... — More…
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JazzwiseRecommended ReissueNovember 2021
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021Reissues/Archive
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Parker, Charlie: Now's the Time
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Bobby Timmons: Moanin'
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (spoken word), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Benny Golson: Blues March
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (spoken word), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Non Applicable: The Theme
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Bobby Timmons: Dat Dere
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (spoken word), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Monk, T: 'Round Midnight
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (spoken word), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Parker, Charlie: Now's the Time
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli: A Night In Tunisia
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Art Blakey (spoken word), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall
Non Applicable: The Theme
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums)
- Recorded: 1961-01-14
- Recording Venue: Hibiya Public Hall