アート・ブレイキーとジャズ・メッセンジャーズの伝説の初来日公演ですね。 全盛期のアート・ブレイキーさんの、もうドリームチームのようなすごいメンバーですね。 この演奏を生で見られた人たちが羨ましすぎます。 もし今の自分がこの時代に生きていたなら会社休んででも聴きに行ったと思います。 後半の原信夫とシャープ＆フラッツのコラボ演奏も、シャープ＆フラッツのジャズ・メッセンジャーズへのリスペクト感がひしひしと伝わってきていいですね。 アート・ブレイキーさんはじめ、凄腕のメンバーが乗りに乗って演奏した最高の名演ですね。 ありがとうございました。 Thanks for the great performance ,and the upload.
0:01 - The Summit (Wayne Shorter) 6:08 - Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons) 14:22 - A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 22:42 - Yama (Lee Morgan) 30:15 - Moanin' (Bobby Timmons) 40:16 - Blues March (Benny Golson)
Saw this band when they played Manchester and Lee Morgan played Round Midnight as his feature.They shared the bill with the Thelonius Monk Quartet.What a great night that was!
mike farmer Hello Mike, I was also at this, Free Trade Hall, concert. ( 2nd house ) + I'm probably telling something you already know, there is CD released this concert ( Jazz Messengers ) it's also on RU-vid. Opening track on this Tokyo, concert, is entitled: The Summit. Peace to all.
Monk went to jewish school whereas Bobby timmons went to churchist school, sorry for my English but you are wrong to speak about monk on one Bobby’s video, because you know they never had nothing in common.
"I Called Him Morgan" is the best film about jazz to date. It reveals the hazards of the life, the quickness of the fall, the difficulty of making it back--and then staying there. A music of majesty, profound tragedy, and redemptive beauty. The story is also about those who love the music--so much they can't bear to let it go. There is no hero. Who can blame Lee for his premature end? Who can blame the woman who rescued him from the gutter--once a 13-year-old mother herself from the rural South who learns how to survive in the mean streets and manage a restored Lee Morgan. It's a tragedy of destiny and a love story--like the Titanic. But more real.
Smoking bad jazz , the real deal. Art in the boys in 61. it's like watching beautiful flickers of light in and out of the light spectrum. I wish it was louder .
Gosh. Titans in full swing. Always thought to myself - "Would have been something to actually see Shorter and Morgan share the front line." - and here it is!!!! WOW
日本初公演の時の音源や映像を見ることができるなんて、素晴らしい！ You Tube万歳！そして、動画を上げてくれた主様、ありがとう。 It is wonderful to be able to see the sound source and video at the time of Japan's first performance! You Tube !! And thank you, Lord, for raising the video.
Perhaps I'm so singularly focused on Lee I forgot how stellar a performance Wayne has. I suppose at this stage of his development you can hear his melodic and harmonic shape taking place. This is about the best lineup Art might have ever had.
So many great Messengers line ups. Can't forget the one after this one with Wayne, Freddie, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman. 'Free for All' on Bluenote is arguably the greatest Messenger album! However this group had a certain chemistry that made it so special. I discovered that when in my days of learning and discovering this music I bought 'The Witch Doctor' album and fell with the groove that this unit produced particularly on the title track. Just beautiful. They may have had some serous drug issues which may have curtailed its longevity but the music they made will live forever. However, overall the original Messenger line up of Dorham, Mobley, Silver, & Watkins gets the nod over all the others imo! The fact that it was a cooperative with 4 major current names coming together and defining what the Hard Bop style would represent, whereas later bands were clearly led by Blakey with up and coming names for the most part. The chemistry they had was unreal though, Dorham & Mobley were such a compatible front line it's a joy to hear them playing together, they were ultra hip. Having Silver at arguably his peak in playing and contributing compositions that perfectly complemented them along with Dorham and Mobley is almost too much. Doug Watkins is arguably the perfect Bop bass player. Can do everything really well. His early death means his legacy is largely neglected and underrated. This video is so great btw! Love RU-vid for shit like this!
Fantastic performance!! As others have said he had many great line-ups, but I have to agree this was my favorite too. The Blakey album I listen to most often (I have many) is "The Big Beat" with this exact band. It contains one of the tunes they do in this film ("Dat Dere") and a very unusual arrangement of "Paper Moon" plus a couple great Wayne Shorter tunes etc. As we all know, there are dozens of great Art Blakey records!!!
1) “The Summit” (Wayne Shorter) 2) “Dat Dere” (Bobby Timmons) 3) “A Night In Tunisia” (Dizzy Gillespie) 4) “Yama” (Lee Morgan) 5) “Moanin’” (Bobby Timmons) 6) “Blues March” (Benny Golson) Art Blakey - Drums Lee Morgan - Trumpet Wayne Shorter - Tenor Saxophone Bobby Timmons - Piano Jymie Merritt - Bass Filmed on January 11, 1961. TBS-TV Studios, Tokyo, Japan
my older brother took me to Birdland to see the Messengers when I was just out of high school. we sat in a special bleachersection reserved for non-alcohol patrons. (funny that a mob-run club should look out for the young like that!) anyway, it wasvery exciting to see the Messengers for the first time. if my memory hasn't tricked me, I think Lee Morgan was still using Dizzy's 45-degree trumpet.
Wayne Shorter is such a master saxophonist. He even imitated Benny Golden; the saxophonist on the original recording of Moanin’. And Lee and Bobby. What an awesome band 😮
This is all so good. Wow. One of the best jazz groups EVER. Bobby Timmons, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter,Art Blakey----all jazz monsters. Love the back ground orchestra too.
I'm inclined to agree. At this stage he was at his strongest, his sound the cleanest, his technique at its most proficient. Shortly after this he lost over a year to heroin addiction. He came back and recorded some of his greatest albums. What he lost in chops, he more than made up for it in life experience. His playing took on more of a frayed, gritty, edgy sound. But watching him here, my God, it seemed like he was going to conquer the world...
Nigel Gillett We have that common bond. As a pure hack on trumpet, he's always been and always will be the artist I would aspire to if I had any talent and perseverance on my horn. I love hearing from anyone who simply KNOWS of Mogie let alone know shit about Lee. (Outside of my fellow trumpet playing friends). Cheers my friend. (I'm replaying this video again...)
Perhaps you've read this? As tragic as it is I found Helen Moore's account of her life with Lee authentic. jasonpalmerjazz.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-story-of-helen-morgan-if-you-didnt-know-already/
This is probably my favorite Jazz Messenger lineup. Either this one or the sextet with Freddie, Wayne, and Curtis on the front line and Bu and Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman in the rhythm chairs.
Man, this concert is scorching! I always felt (and still do) that Shorter and Morgan made up one of the baadest front lines in jazz. Thanks for posting.
They greatest band of all time. Brings me back to those smoky nights in Birdland. What an experience.Art was my idol. Lee was the greatest hard bop trumpet player and Wayne probably never played so much real music in his life. he was in line the carry on from Coltrane, the keeper of the flame.
Can't believe this took place in my hometown. This appears to be taped for TV broadcast as you see no audience or hear applause. I wish to see the full version with MC parts intact. The big band may be Nobuo Hara and Sharps and Flats, as I remember seeing him on TV typically conducting with a tenor in his hands. Thanks for the upload, @Tadeus Jazz!
I've heard "Peter and The Wolf" quoted in a ton of jazz solos,but never hipper than Lee.His quick-witted mind,along with his soul,sound and technique are what makes him one of the absolute kings of the trumpet.
Lee Morgan and Clifford Brown, often copied Dizzy's delving into classic music. In the Dizzy and Bird tune Hot House, you can hear a phrase from the Opera Carmen. I'll have to listen closely to hear the phrases from Peter and The Wolf.
JS Grogan, what a delight to hear the "Minor Key" up on Dexter mentioned. It was a great place for jazz and the first place I ever saw John Coltrane live circa 1959. BTW Lee Morgan, as always, never fails to delight. It seems that the baddest trumpet players have to intern with Blakey.
Tony Williams played Gretch also. Those drums were on the cutting edge of Fusion, before drummers moved to Fibes. Those acrylic drums, gave us a thunderous sound, however properly tuned Gretch drums were just as powerful.
Wow a night in tunisia. Incredible performance. I never knew it was lee and wayne that were on the maracas and that block thing lol. Bobby was back there beatin on somethin too lol. Absolutely rad.
I'm wondering if Wayne or Bobby arranged the orchestration for the expanded group, which is killer. Lee Morgan influenced my trumpet playing more than any other jazz players.
