This obscure Blakey release on the Italian Lotus label presents a typical Messengers' live date from the group with Hardman & Schnitter. The recording date of 1972, given on the sleeve, is obviously incorrect and 1976 seems far more likely, this being the same band that appeared on an Umbria Jazz Festival video.
Bird Like
Whisper Not
Blues March
Perception
Bill Hardman (tp) David Schnitter (ts) Mickey Tucker (p) Cameron Brown (b) Art Blakey (d)
label claims: Oslo, Norway & Tunis, Tunisia, 1972 but most likely Tunis, 1976.
Alpax suggests Perception sounds like it's from another date, possibly 1969 or 1972 with Woody Shaw on trumpet.
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ReplyDeletenever saw this! THanks!!
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Thanks grumpy! Your vinyl transfers are always superb! (I can hear why this one is so rare--what abysmal sound quality--i've heard live recordings from 1950 that sound better than this!) Speaking of which, is this in mono?
ReplyDeleteFrom just listening to this as a "blindfold test" (without knowing the details/band line-up you provided) i would have guessed that this was one of those rough sounding mono radio broadcasts of The Messengers on tour in Europe from the late fifties!
But of course, the opportunity to hear such rare recordings is (still & always) appreciated!! --dandor
It's definitely mono, source unknown.
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It's the same record as a japanese 2014 release on Studio Songs YZSO-10048: credits say 1969 live in Oslo and Tunis - same line-up with Bill Hardman
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Yes I've seen that, but Schnitter was not playing with Blakey until the mid 70s - that's the problem with these issues, no provenance!
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