Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers: First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings [2 CD] - CD

Title: First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings [2 CD]
Artist: Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
Label: Blue Note Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 602435952857
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2021-12-10
Number of Discs: 2

Two CDs. A previously unreleased live recording of drum legend Art Blakey with a classic line-up of the Jazz Messengers, 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. Co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss, the audio was newly transferred from the original 1/4" tape reels. First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.

Tracks:
1.1 Now's The Time
1.2 Moanin'
1.3 Blues March
1.4 The Theme
2.1 Dat Dere
2.2 'Round About Midnight
2.3 Now's The Time
2.4 A Night In Tunisia 5
2.5 The Theme