Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Bijou Cafe
Philadelphia, PA, USA
January 19, 1978
Mono SBD

Early & Late Sets (both incomplete)

Lineage:
Master tapes, Recorded on an unknown deck in mono to two Maxell UD XL1 C60 cassettes using Dolby B > Played back on a Nakamichi DR-1, azimuth adjusted, Dolby B > Audition (Pitch Bender +53 cents; tracking) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)


Art Blakey - drums
James Williams - piano (announced as 'Jimmy')
Dennis Irwin - bass
Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
Valeri Ponomarev - trumpet


Early Set (incomplete)
01 Lift Every Voice And Sing (AKA The Black National Anthem)(John Rosamond Johnson; James Weldon Johnson) > 2:34
02 Jodi (Walter Davis, Jr.) 12:39
03 Along Came Betty (Benny Golson) > 9:28
04 The Song // > (tape flip) 5:46
05 // Is You (Jerome Kern; Oscar Hammerstein II) 4:08
06 AB introduces the band 4:28
07 Medley (feat. James Williams): My Foolish Heart (Victor Young; Ned Washington) > unknown > unknown > That's All (Alan Brandt; Bob Haymes) 11:01
08 Say Dr. "J" > 8:55
09 The Theme / AB Band introductions, outro // 1:59
TT: 61:01


Late Set (incomplete)
01 Free For All (Wayne Shorter) 12:18
02 Mishima (David Schnitter) 19:09 *
03 AB introduces the band 4:21
04 My One And Only Love (feat. Valeri Ponomarev)(Guy Wood; Robert Mellin) > 10:14
05 Blues March (Benny Golson) 10:33
06 Pamela // (Bobby Watson)(incomplete) 4:27
TT: 61:05

*(Please note: A 00:00:19:45 second segment has been pasted at 18:03:55, copied from a similar earlier instance of the missing phrase, to fill in the gap caused by a tape flip and make for a more pleasant listening experience.)


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