LIVE IN PARIS - 13 MAI 1961

Dirigés par Art Blakey, parmi les batteurs les plus influents au monde, les Jazz Messengers restent à jamais comme l’une des plus mythiques formations de l’histoire du jazz. Celle-ci a révélé parmi les plus grands ins­tru­mentistes des années 1950 à 1980. Capté le 13 mai 1961 à Paris, cet enregis­trement retranscrit l’âge d’or de la formation qui inclut notamment aux cuivres les légen­daires Lee Morgan et Wayne Shorter et les titres phares comme « Moanin’ » ou « Blues March ». Un coffret live qui conjugue beats fiévreux et groove juvénile tonitruant, sans doute la plus parfaite retranscription de ce qu’a été la révolution hard bop au début des années 1960. Patrick FRÉMEAUXArt Blakey was among the most influential jazz drummers in the world, and his Jazz Messengers were a legendary band: you only have to look at the amazing number of great soloists it revealed in three decades (fifties to eighties.) This set contains live recordings the Messengers made in Paris on 13 May 1961 – it was the band’s golden age, fea­turing such wonderful instrumentalists as Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter in its ranks, notably playing titles like “Moanin’” and “Blues March”. The music here is played at fever pitch by young musicians who groove like thunder; as a kind of transcription of Blakey’s version of the hard bop revolution, it probably comes very close to perfection. Patrick FRÉMEAUXCD11 The Summit 10’212 Band Intro 01’443 Yama 12’044 Close Your Eyes 12’225 Dat Dere 09’566 Lost & Found 16’347 Round Midnight [First Concert] 12’15CD21 Kozo’s Waltz 17’532 Those Who Sit and Wait 10’343 Night in Tunisia [First Concert] 11’404 The Theme 01’585 Round Midnight [Second Concert] 10’596 So Tired 12’377 My Funny Valentine 06’59CD31 It’s Only a Papermoon 14’362 Noise in the Attic 12’263 Moanin’ 10’424 I Didn’t Know what Time it Was 05’475 Blues March 12’346 Night in Tunisia [Second Concert] 16’32BOBBY TIMMONS (PIANO) • JYMIE MERRITT (DB) • WAYNE SHORTER (SAX TEN) • LEE MORGAN (TP) • ART BLAKEY (DMS)DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : GILLES PÉTARD ET MICHEL BRILLIÉ • LIVRET : MICHEL BRILLIÉ