Paris Jam Session

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& The Jazz Messengers. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Barney Wilen (alto saxophone); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Lee Morgan (trumpet); Walter Davis, Jr., Bud Powell (piano); Jymmie Meritt (acoustic bass). Recorded live at the Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France on December 18, 1959. Originally released on Fontana (832 692). Includes liner notes by Alain Tercinet. Digitally remastered by Alexis Frenkel and Christophe Henault (Art Et Son Studio, Paris, France). This is part of Verve's Jazz In Paris series. This 1959 concert in Paris by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers has been sporadically available on various labels, but this reissue in Verve's Jazz in Paris series is the best sounding and best packaged of the lot. Blakey's group of this period (Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt, and Walter Davis, Jr.) is in great form during an extended workout of Morgan's intense blues "The Midget," and Dizzy Gillespie's timeless "A Night in Tunisia" is kicked off by Blakey's an electrifying solo. But it is the addition of some special guests for the first two numbers that proves to be extra special. Bud Powell, sitting in for Davis, and French saxophonist Barney Wilen, on alto rather than his normal tenor sax, are both added to the band for inspired versions of Powell's "Dance of the Infidels" and "Bouncing with Bud." Morgan's trumpet playing is outstanding throughout the concert. This is one of the essential live dates in Art Blakey's rather extensive discography. ~ Ken Dryden