ART BLAKEY and the JAZZ MESSENGERS
December 31, 1979
Keystone Korner
San Francisco, CA, USA
Disc One (1:13:59):
1. Intro & Caravan - 23:37
2. Art Blakey intros & Auld Lang Syne - 6:49
3. Never Never Land - 5:34
4. Up Jumped Spring - 14:01
5. A La Mode - 16:10
6. Interview of Walton and Fuller by Wilson - 7:48
Musicians:
Eddie Henderson - trumpet
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton - piano
Dennis Irwin - bass
Airto - percussion
Art Blakey - drums
Disc Two (1:01:15):
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Old and New
1. I Remember Clifford - 8:22 (George Cables, solo NYE 1977)
2. Interview of Jackie McLean by Gerald Wilson - 4:28
3. Blues March - 21:27
4. Autumn Leaves* - 8:48
5. It's Only a Paper Moon/theme - 18:10
Musicians:
Eddie Henderson, Valery Ponamarov - trumpet
Jackie McLean, Bobby Watson - alto saxophone
Billy Harper, David Schnitter - tenor saxophone
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Jackie McLean - alto saxophone
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
Cedar Walton, James Williams - piano
Dennis Irwin - bass
Airto - percussion
Art Blakey - drums
*Flora Purim - vocals
Hosts - Leonard Feather and Gerald Wilson
Source:
"Jazz Alive" FM radio simulcast
Lineage:
FM >reel >Goldwave >CD Wave >CDR >EAC (secure) >FLAC Frontend (level 6, SBE OK)
Note:
All contents from New Year's Eve 1979 performance except for excerpt of 1977 broadcast featuring George Cables. Included here to preserve entire uninterrupted broadcast as transmitted.
My humble contribution to Bluenote2005's New Year's Eve jazz series. I don't recall seeding this before, but if I did I don't have an archive copy of it. Thanks to Dan for the trade that keeps on giving.