Art Blakey

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Drummer Art Blakey and the 1989 version of his Jazz Messengers (with trumpeter Brian Lynch, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, trombonist Frank Lacy, pianist Geoff Keezer and bassist Buster Williams) celebrated the leader's 70th birthday by welcoming back several notable alumni: trumpeters Freddie Hubbard & Terence Blanchard, altoists Jackie McLean & Donald Harrison, tenors Wayne Shorter & Benny Golson, pianist Walter Davis Jr. & trombonist Curtis Fuller.

PERSONNEL:

• DONALD HARRISON, alto sax
• JAVON JACKSON, tenor sax
• BRIAN LYNCH, flugelhorn
• FRANK LACY, trombone
• ESSIET OKON ESSIET, bass
• GEOFF KEEZER, piano

• SPECIAL GUEST:
• Wayne Shorter, tenor sax
• Benny Golson, tenor sax
• Jackie McLean, alto sax
• Freddy Hubbard, flugelhorn
• Terence Blanchard, flugelhorn
• Curtis Fuller, trombone
• Walter Davis Jr., piano
• Buster Williams, bass
• Roy Haynes, drums
• Michele Hendricks, vocal

Record live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Germany, October 9, 1989.

TRACKS:

• 01. Two Of A Kind
• 02. Moanin'
• 03. Along Came Betty
• 04. Lester Left Town
• 05. Mr. Blakey
• 06. Drum Duo
• 07. Blues March
• 08. Buhaina's Valediction
• 09. Interview