ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS


Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA

1986-10-02 (early and late shows)


Kenny Garrett : alto sax
Jean Toussaint : tenor sax
Wallace Roney : trumpet
Tim Williams : trombone
Donald Brown : piano
Peter Washington : bass
Art Blakey : drums


s1tr00. MC intro/tuning
s1tr01. Feeling Good
s1tr02.
s1tr03. ? > I Love You > St. Thomas > ?
s1tr04.
s1tr05. The Theme/outro {fade out - very end missing}
s2tr00. tuning
s2tr01.
s2tr02.
s2tr03.
s2tr04. Caravan
s2tr05. The Theme/outro

TT : approx. 127:20


Recording Notes:
The "Feeling Good" album had just been recorded with this same band a month earlier.


Source Notes:
- a 'billydee' Soundboard Beta/PCM Master
The opening sets from The John Blake Quartet also recorded (and posted).


Recording lineage:
Soundboard (full stereo mix) > Sony PCM-F1 (@16bit) > Beta video recorder
Transfer:
Sony Beta video deck > Modified Sony 601EsD PCM digital out > Edirol R-44 (DC offset removed)
Editing:
WAV >
Audition 3 (edits, slight eq below 2 kHz, fades, level adjustments) >
Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (level 8, sectors aligned)

these are 16bit/44.1kHz flac files


from billydee:
"Special thanks to Nicky C & WR for doing the PCM transfers and related processing."

from bomb:
Thanks to billydee for recording and all involved in bringing this back for us.