Taken from a previously unissued live recording caught at Tokyo’s Hibiya Public Hall in 1961 during the Jazz Messengers’ first-ever tour of Japan, First Flight … Read More “Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note)”
This previously unreleased March 1959 studio session captures the Jazz Messengers in a period of transition. Benny Golson had departed; Wayne Shorter had not yet … Read More “Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Just Coolin’ (Blue Note)”
The title of trumpeter Valery Ponomarev’s tribute to the late drummer/bandleader is perfect. Blakey was indeed a father of sorts to nearly all who joined … Read More “Valery Ponomarev Big Band Live: Our Father Who Art Blakey: The Centennial (Summit)”
You can listen to jazz every day for 40 years and still find that some of it is more beautiful than you ever realized, even … Read More “Art Blakey: The Jazz Messengers“
