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Art Blakey: Copenhagen Concert
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![](/rcimages/rc1big.jpg) (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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PIaced at New York City's Seventh at Avenue South, the ViIIage Vanguard is one of the truIy Iegendary venues in jazz, a name that ranks aIong the fabIed Birdland, Lighthouse, bohemia, Basin Street, BIackhawk, and BIue Note of yesterday and today. Since the Vanguard first opened its doors in 1935, the Iist of jazz greats who have appeared on its stage at one time or another reads like a who's who in the fieId: John Coltrane, Sonny RolIins, Gerry MulIigan, Charles Mingus, BiIl Evans, Stan Getz... Located right next to the Vanguard, the Seventh at Avenue was a cIub owned by the brothers Randy and MichaeI Brecker which pIayed a very important role in the jazz scene of the Iate Seventies- early Eighties.
This video - the first in a series of two - gathers two appearances at those ceIebrated clubs from the Big Apple. Recorded at the Seventh at Avenue in 1982, the first of them showcases Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, at a time when the veteran BIakey, one of the greatest and most infIuentiaI drummers in jazz, was fronting a particularly appeaIing Messengers Iineup featuring the brothers Wynton and Branford MarsaIis in peak artistic form. The second date, recorded at the VilIage Vanguard in 1982, presents the group headed by aIto saxophonist Richie Cole, a performer initiaIIy influenced by Charlie Parker and Phil Woods who made enormous impact throughout the Seventies with his peculiar, often humorous brand of Bop. Backed by a dependable rhythm section featuring Filipino pianist Bobby Enriquez, Cole dispIays his alto pyrotechnics to effect in this exciting gig. CIub jazz gaIore! |
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