Album artwork for First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

A previously unreleased live recording of drum legend Art Blakey with a classic line-up of the Jazz Messengers, featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. It was captured on January 14, 1961, at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. Co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss, the audio was newly transferred from the original 1/4” tape reels.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

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Album artwork for First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
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Album artwork for First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Blue Note
Album artwork for First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
CDx2

$26.99

Released 12/10/2021Catalog Number

B003372702

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Album artwork for First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
LPx2

$46.99

Black
Released 12/10/2021Catalog Number

B003372801

Learn more

A previously unreleased live recording of drum legend Art Blakey with a classic line-up of the Jazz Messengers, featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. It was captured on January 14, 1961, at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan. Co-produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss, the audio was newly transferred from the original 1/4” tape reels.