1959


 

August 21, NEW YORK CITY

Wynton Kelly: KELLY GREAT

(Vee Jay VJ-3004)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Wynton Kelly, p

Paul Chambers, b

Philly Joe Jones, drums

Selections:

Wrinkles - June Night - Mama "G" - What Now - Sydney

 


November 5, Copenhagen

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

(Royal Jazz RJD-516)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis, piano

Jymie Merritt, bass

Art Blakey, drums

Selections:

Blues March - The Midget - Nellie Blye - Night In Tunisia

 

 


November 10, NEW YORK CITY

Wayne Shorter: INTRODUCING WAYNE SHORTER

(Vee Jay VJ-3006)

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Wynton Kelly, piano

Paul Chambers, bass

Jimmy Cobb, drums

Selections:

Blues A La Carte - Harry's Last Stand - Down In The Depth - Pug Nose - Black Diamond - Mack The Knife


 

November 10, NEW YORK CITY

Wayne Shorter and Paul Chambers:

ALTERNATED TAKES OF INTRODUCING WAYNE SHORTER & GO

(Vee Jay -1004)

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Wynton Kelly, piano

Paul Chambers, bass

Jimmy Cobb, drums

 

Selections:

Blues A La Carte (alt-take) - Harry's Last Stand (alt-take) -

Down In The Depth (alt-take) - Black Diamond (alt-take)

 


 

November 10, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: AFRICAINE

(Blue Note - LT-1088)

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis Jr., piano

Jymie Merritt, bass

Art Blakey, drums

Selections:

Africaine - Lester Left Town - Splendid - Haina - The Midget - Celine

 

 


 

November 15, Paris

Art Blakey: ART BLAKEY ET LES JAZZ MESSENGERS AU THEATRE DES

CHAMPS-ELYSEES

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis Jr., piano

Jymie Merrit, bass

Art Blakey, drums

Selections:

Close Your Eyes - Goldie - Ray's Idea - Lester Left Town

 


 

November 23, Stockholm

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: LIVE IN STOCKHOLM

(Dragon/DU DIW-344)

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis, Jr., piano

JymieMerrit, bass

Art Blakey, drums

Selections:

- Close Your Eyes - Like Someone In Love - Lester Left Town -

The Midget - Night In Tunisia

 


November, 1959, Berlin

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: LIVE IN BERLIN 1959/1962

(New Sound Planet JU321)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis, Jr., piano

Jymie Merritt, bass

Art Blakey, drums

Selections:

Blues March - Moanin' - A Night In Tunisia - Along Came Betty - Lester Left Town

 

February 4 1962, Berlin

Personnel:

Freddie Hubbard, trumpet

Curtis Fuller, trombone

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax -

Cedar Walton, piano

Jymie Merritt, bass

Art Blakey, drums

 

Selections:

Round About Midnight - Mosaic

 


 

December 18, Paris

Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Barney Wilen & The Jazz Messengers: PARIS JAM SESSION

(Fontana 680207/Ph28JD-10156)

 

Personnel:

Lee Morgran, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax

Walter Davis, Jr., piano

Jymie Merritt, bass

Art Blakey, drums

 

Selections:

- The Midget - A Night In Tunsia (Bud Powell, piano replaces

Davis, add Barney Wilen, alto sax)


 

late 1959, NEW YORK CITY

TWO STARS AT BIRDLAND

(Roulette RB2)

Personnel:

Lee Morgan, trumpet

Wayne Shorter, tenor sax -

Bobby Timmons, piano

Jimmy Rowser, bass

Art Taylor, drums

Selections:

- Suspended Sentence - Minor Strain - A Bid For Sid