Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

初来日時の幻のドキュメンタリー用に記録された音源。
当時の熱気が伝わってくる。
2枚目の1曲目「Dat Dere」、私の場合これだけで買い。

[CD1]

1. Now's the Time
2. Moanin'
3. Blues March
4. The Theme
5. Dat Dere
6. 'Round About Midnight
7. Now's the Time [Version 2]
8. A Night in Tunisia
9. The Theme [Version 2]

[CD2]

1. Dat Dere
2. 'Round About Midnight
3. Now's the Time [Version 2]
4. A Night in Tunisia
5. The Theme [Version 2]

Personnel:
Art Blakey (ds)
Lee Morgan (tp)
Wayne Shorter (ts)
Bobby Timmons (p)
Jimmy Merritt (b)

Recorded live at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan on January 14, 1961