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Live at Montreux and Northsea

Live at Montreux and Northsea in Bloomington, MN
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Art Blakey
, leader of the highly influential hard-bop group
The Jazz Messengers
(which was usually a quintet or a sextet), made a rare tour with an 11-piece little big band in mid-1980. Included among the personnel were such unknown youngsters as trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis
(then age 18),
Branford Marsalis
on baritone and alto, trombonist
Robin Eubanks
and guitarist
Kevin Eubanks
. The remarkable group also included the regular members of
(trumpeter
Valeri Ponomarev
, altoist
Bobby Watson
, tenor saxophonist
Billy Pierce
and pianist
James Williams
) and even a second drummer,
John Ramsey
. The music (three
compositions, the standard
"Stairway to the Stars"
and
Williams
's blues "Minor Thesis") is consistently excellent and all of the musicians get their chance to solo. A historically significant and rather enjoyable release. ~ Scott Yanow
, leader of the highly influential hard-bop group
The Jazz Messengers
(which was usually a quintet or a sextet), made a rare tour with an 11-piece little big band in mid-1980. Included among the personnel were such unknown youngsters as trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis
(then age 18),
Branford Marsalis
on baritone and alto, trombonist
Robin Eubanks
and guitarist
Kevin Eubanks
. The remarkable group also included the regular members of
(trumpeter
Valeri Ponomarev
, altoist
Bobby Watson
, tenor saxophonist
Billy Pierce
and pianist
James Williams
) and even a second drummer,
John Ramsey
. The music (three
compositions, the standard
"Stairway to the Stars"
and
Williams
's blues "Minor Thesis") is consistently excellent and all of the musicians get their chance to solo. A historically significant and rather enjoyable release. ~ Scott Yanow