Artist:Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Song:Blue Moon
Album:The Complete 3 Blind Mice
I am doing this as Song Of The Day mainly because I have a great live clip that Freddie Hubbard fans will enjoy. 3 Blind Mice was recorded live at Club Renaissance in Hollywood Mar. 18, 1962. This was basically an all new Jazz Messengers. Trumpeter Lee Morgan had left and was replaced by Freddie Hubbard. 3 Blind Mice was the final show for bassist Jymie Merritt as he was forced to retire due to illness. He was replaced by Reggie Workman. Pianist Cedar Walton was also new as he replaced Bobby Timmons. Wayne Shorter on tenor sax and Curtis Fuller on trombone were still there but eventually they would leave too. 3 Blind Mice was first released by United Artists in 1962. After Capitol EMI bought UA in 1980, they released 3 Blind Mice on Blue Note in 1990 as two separate CDs. Recently it was released as a 2CD set and that's the the one you want. As far as I can tell, this was the only time Blakey recorded the standard Blue Moon and it was arranged to feature Hubbard. The video was filmed in France in 1965. The entire concert is available on DVD. So here's Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano and Reggie Workman on bass performing Blue Moon in France 1965. Byard was best known for his days with Charles Mingus. He never recorded with Blakey so maybe Walton was unavailable and he was just on this tour.
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