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.Art Blakey discography accessed June 20, 2013Art Blakey chronology accessed June 20, 2013
Reception
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".Yanow, S. AllMusic Review, accessed June 20, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted. "Minor Thesis" (James Williams) – 13:17 "Wheel Within a Wheel" – 7:02 "Bit a Bittadose" – 6:41 "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 8:34 "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
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