The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen
| The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen | ||||
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| Live album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | ||||
| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | October 9, 1989 Leverkusen Jazz Festival |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | IN+OUT Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Hennessy | |||
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   |
The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen is a live album by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival in Germany on October 9, 1989. To commemorate Blakey's 70th birthday (October 11), the concert featured many special guests—most of whom were former Messengers. Singer Michelle Hendricks sang a song -- "Mr. Blakey"—composed for the occasion by founding Messenger Horace Silver.
The album was given three stars by Allmusic, and reviewer Scott Yanow says "...the CD concludes with a nearly-13 minute interview that Mike Hennessey conducted with Blakey in 1976 in which the drummer reminisces about the Jazz Messengers' early days. Well worth picking up."
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