Live at Montreux and Northsea explained

Live at Montreux and Northsea
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band
Cover:	Live at Montreux and Northsea.jpg
Released:	1981
Recorded:	July 13 & 17, 1980
Venue:	Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, the Netherlands and Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:05
Label:	Timeless SJP 150
Producer:	Wim Wigt
Chronology:	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Prev Title:	One by One
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Art Blakey in Sweden
Next Year:	1981

Live at Montreux and Northsea is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band recorded in 1980 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (with one track recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands) and released on the Dutch Timeless label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted.

1. "Minor Thesis" (James Williams) – 13:17
2. "Wheel Within a Wheel" – 7:02
3. "Bit a Bittadose" – 6:41
4. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 8:34
5. "Linwood" – 7:31

• Recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 13, 1980 (track 1) and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 17, 1980 (tracks 2–5)

Personnel

• Art Blakey, John Ramsay – drums
• Valery Ponomarev, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
• Robin Eubanks – trombone
• Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
• Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone
• James Williams – piano
• Kevin Eubanks – guitar
• Charles Fambrough – bass

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/#timeless-sjp-150 Art Blakey discography
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology
3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013