Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – First Flight To Tokyo (Hybrid SACD, Mono)
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Drums: Art Blakey [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Art Blakey]
The jazz Messengers: [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring The Jazz Messengers]
Tenor Saxophone: Wayne Shorter [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Wayne Shorter]
Trumpet: Lee Morgan [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Lee Morgan]
Piano: Bobby Timmons
Bass: Jymie Merritt
Written by Charlie Parker (A1, A7), Bobby Timmons (A2, A5), Benny Golson (A3), Thelonious Monk (A6), Dizzy Gillespie (A8)
1 Hybrid SACD
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Mono
Live
Label : Blue Note
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded live at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan, January 14, 1961.
Engineered by Tetsuo Yasuda
Mixed by Tetsuo Yasuda
Produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 2021
Reissued in 2024
Tracks :
1. Now's The Time
2. Moanin'
3. Blues March
4. The Theme
5. Dat Dere
6. 'Round About Midnight
7. Now's The Time (Version 2)
8. A Night In Tunisia 9. The Theme (Version 2)
Reviews :
“This set is a previously unissued gig by one of the greatest lineups in the long history of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers -- Blakey, drums; Bobby Timmons, piano; Wayne Shorter, saxophone; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Jymie Merrit, bass. First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings are drawn from the final shows of the band's first tour of Japan. They were professionally recorded on a Nagra tape recorder to serve as a soundtrack for a documentary film that was never completed. At some point over the decades, the original tapes were transferred to quarter-inch tape reels, cataloged, shelved, and sat some more -- they were never really "lost."
The set commences with the drummer's incendiary solo (the first of two) introducing a nearly 23-minute version of Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time." (There's another, slightly shorter one included as well.) The track also offers a stellar, high-wire solo by Shorter. Morgan enters later, walking out the soul-blues to add ballast to the saxophonist's attack. Timmons delivers one of his most lyrical solos here. The pianist's "Moanin'" follows and underscores his role as one of the fathers of soul-jazz. It swings and lopes, with Morgan reprising the phrases from the studio version, plus a rare, driving break from Merritt. Shorter's solo delves into edgy modalism. Benny Golson's "Blues March" is delivered with requisite groove and sass here thanks in no small part to Morgan's swaggering yet playful solo. "Dat Dere," another signature composition by Timmons, finds the two-horn lyric theme setting the pace as Shorter delivers the first solo, moaning, swooping, and shouting through the horn. Morgan tempers his burn with a beautifully parsed solo drenched in blue. Timmons answers with an elegant yet meaty break filled with augmented chords and phrases. Thelonious Monk's "'Round About Midnight" has limited solo opportunities for Timmons and Shorter, but it's a graceful vehicle for Morgan, with his muted horn offering tender emotional resonance at every turn. The band plays their oft-recorded version of Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia" with requisite physicality and verve. There are smoking codas and solos from Shorter and Morgan, while Timmons' muscular comping pushes the horns hard as Merritt and Blakey swing hard. During the saxophonist's solo, the leader enthusiastically exhorts him to "whip it," urging the entire band to play harder and faster.” AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Rating:
AllMusic 3.5 / 5 ; Discogs 4.58 / 5