Live at Montreux and Northsea

Live at Montreux and Northsea
Live at Montreux and Northsea
Live album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band
Released	1981
Recorded	July 13 & 17, 1980
Venue	Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, the Netherlands and Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:05
Label	Timeless; SJP 150
Producer	Wim Wigt
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology

Live at Montreux and Northsea is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band recorded in 1980 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (with one track recorded at the Northsea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands) and released on the Dutch Timeless label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted.

"Minor Thesis" (James Williams) – 13:17
"Wheel Within a Wheel" – 7:02
"Bit a Bittadose" – 6:41
"Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 8:34
"Linwood" – 7:31

Recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 13, 1980 (track 1) and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 17, 1980 (tracks 2–5)

Personnel[]

Art Blakey, John Ramsay – drums
Valery Ponomarev, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
Robin Eubanks – trombone
Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone
James Williams – piano
Kevin Eubanks – guitar
Charles Fambrough – bass

References[]

^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013
^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013

[2] Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 26. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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