Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – ストラスブール 82 Strasbourg 82 (2LP)

2 x Vinyl LP, Album

A collection of live recordings from April 1982 in Strasbourg, France, by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, the prestigious jazz band led by Art Blakey, one of the leading drummers of modern jazz. This release features previously unreleased recordings cut from the original master tapes, carefully preserved by the Blakey family. Mastered at Gearbox, a fully tube-equipped futuristic analog studio in London, it is presented as a 180g double gatefold vinyl. This work is the earliest full-length live recording by the Messengers under the Blanchard/Harrison regime, a lineup that would define the band for years to come and become the driving force that took the Young Lions movement from mere revivalism into more profound territory. At 62, Blakey never mellowed with age. Rather, he poured even more energy into his mission. "You go to school to get your diploma," he once said. "You come with me to get an education." Strasbourg '82 is precisely that education in progress.It is a raw, unfiltered record of the very moment the university was being rebuilt.