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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Tokyo 1961 & London 1965 / Lee Morgan (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Art Blakey (d) / Nobuo Hara Sharps and Flats big band added on tracks 5 & 6 / TBS-TV Studios, Tokyo, Japan / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 86 Minutes
UPC: 8436028695195
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 3.47 Ounces
- Media Format : Color, DVD, Import, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 26 minutes
- Release date : May 8, 2007
- Actors : Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
- Studio : Impro-Jazz Spain
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
Both these concerts are issued here on DVD for the first time ever. The first one presents Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers filmed at a studio in Tokyo, Japan, at the height of their fame. It offers one of the rare opportunities to see Lee Morgan on film (he was 23 at the time), as he was seldom captured by movie or TV cameras during his short life (he was regrettably killed in 1972, at the early age of 33). It is also interesting to see a young Wayne Shorter in his pre-Miles stage and talented pianist Bobby Timmons, whose celebrated composition "Moanin'" is performed here by the group. And, of course, the
opportunity to see Blakey display all of his tricks on the drums is always electrifying. A Japanese big band joins the group for the last two tunes. Making this DVD a real must have for all jazz fans, we offer another complete rare appearance by the Jazz Messengers with Lee Morgan, this time in London, four years later, and including John Gilmore on tenor sax, John Hicks on piano and Victor Sproles on bass.
The announcer is another famous musician, English trumpeter Humphrey Lyttleton.
ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS TOKYO 1961 + LONDON 1965
Lee Morgan (tp), Wayne Shorter (ts), Bobby
Timmons (p), Jymie Merritt (b), Art Blakey (d).
Nobuo Hara Sharps and Flats big band added
on tracks 5 & 6. TBS-TV Studios, Tokyo, Japan,
January 11, 1961.
01. THE SUMMIT 6:16
(Wayne Shorter)
02. DAT THERE 8:15 (Bobby Timmons)
03. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 8:19
(Dizzy Gillespie)
04. YAMA 7:33
(Lee Morgan)
05. MOANIN' 9:58
(Bobby Timmons)
06. BLUES MARCH 6:59
(Benny Golson)
Lee Morgan (tp), John Gilmore (ts), John Hicks (p),
Victor Sproles (b), Art Blakey (d). Cine-Tele
Sound Studio, London, England, March 7, 1965.
07. ON THE GINZA 7:22
(Wayne Shorter)
08. LAMENT FOR STACY 4:42
(Lee Morgan)
09. THE EGYPTIAN 10:55
(Curtis Fuller)
10. I CAN'T GET STARTED 5:02
(Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin)
11. BUHAINA'S DELIGHT 9:46
(Art Blakey)
Total time: 86 min.
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