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First flight to Tokyo the lost 1961 recordings
—Blakey, Art, 1919-1990, author.
2021

CD

A previously unreleased live recording of drum legend Art Blakey with a classic line-up of the Jazz Messengers, featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. It was captured on January 14, 1961, at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo during the band's first-ever tour of Japan.

Item Details

Description:

  • 2 compact discs (approximately 1 hr., 42 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 inches. + 1 booklet (51 pages : illustrations, some color)
  • digital
  • optical
  • 1.4 m. per second
  • stereo
  • Digital recording
  • audio file
  • CD audio
  • 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

  • 1st flight to Tokya
  • Lost 1961 recordings

Notes:

  • Accompanying material may vary.
  • Liner notes printed on container insert.
  • Art Blakey ; Jazz Messengers.
  • Recorded live 1961 January 14 Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Compact disc.

Contents:

  • Disc one. Now's the time
  • Moanin'
  • Blues march
  • The theme
  • Disc two. Dat dere
  • 'Round about midnight
  • Now's the time
  • A night in Tunisia 5
  • The theme.

LCCN: 1272927522

Control Number: 3104613

UPC: 602435952857

Publisher: [New York, NY] : Blue Note Records, c2021.
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