View basket “Coleman Hawkins and Confreres” has been added to your basket. First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers SKU: 3595286 Barcode: 0602435952864 40.00 £40.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Blue Note Released Date: 10th December 2021 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Blue Note Records presents First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings, a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & 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’.” First Flight to Tokyo was co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss and is available here on deluxe vinyl 2LP with an elaborate booklet featuring rare photos by Japanese photographers Shunji Okura and Hozumi Nakadaira and an historical essay by acclaimed jazz critic Bob Blumenthal plus new interviews with Wayne Shorter in conversation with Blue Note president Don Was, celebrated saxophonist Lou Donaldson, Japanese jazz star Sadao Watanabe, renowned Japanese music critic Reiko Yukawa, Blakey’s son Takashi Blakey, and a trio of drum greats: Louis Hayes, Billy Hart and Cindy Blackman Santana. Audio was newly transferred from the original ¼” tape reels, and the vinyl edition was mastered by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI). “The performances were captured at the end of a tour that resulted after Blakey was crowned in a Japanese magazine poll as the American musician that the country’s jazz fans were most eager to experience in person,” writes Blumenthal in the liner notes. “Over the first two weeks of January 1961 the Messengers performed in several major Japanese cities and were received as artistic heroes wherever they appeared. This outpouring by the Japanese public, plus the concert and broadcast settings in which the band was presented, were a far cry from the treatment and working conditions commonplace in the USA and made a great impact on Blakey, who responded with a keen appreciation of his newfound role as international representative of his art form. If the Blakey/[Horace] Silver partnership had established the Jazz Messengers style, and the tour [Benny] Golson’s edition undertook at the end of 1958 introduced the band to European audiences, then this first visit to Japan made the Messengers a worldwide phenomenon and cemented what would prove to be its most loyal fan base.” Wayne Shorter: “I was amazed at the reception when we finished, not just the whole concert, but each thing we played. Every time we went on, we knew we were being appreciated in ways we never had been in America.” Don Was: “Releasing this recording is a proud moment for all of us. It captures one of the most legendary lineups of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in their full glory as they spread the message across the planet.” Zev Feldman: “My heart leapt from my chest when I heard that these previously unknown tapes of Art Blakey performances from his first Japanese tour existed.” Musicians: Art Blakey, drums Lee Morgan, trumpet Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons, piano Jymie Merritt, bass Artist Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Genre Jazz Label Blue Note Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings LP1 Now's The Time Moanin' Blues March The Theme LP2 Dat Dere 'Round About Midnight Now's The Time - Version 2 A Night In Tunisia The Theme - Version 2 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers View Product Quick View Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Reflections In Blue Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th September 2022 £27.00 Add to basket Reserve View 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