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Live at Montreux and Northsea

Live at Montreux and Northsea
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Live album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band
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
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
One by One
(1979)
Live at Montreux and Northsea
(1980)
Art Blakey in Sweden
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars

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 Northsea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands) and released on the Dutch Timeless label.

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".

All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted.


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