New Music – 2021, Page 13

 
BLUE NOTE ANNOUNCES NOV. 5 RELEASE OF
ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO: THE LOST 1961 RECORDINGS
 
A SOARING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDING
OF THE BAND’S FIRST-EVER TOUR OF JAPAN
FEATURING THE LEGENDARY DRUMMER WITH
LEE MORGAN, WAYNE SHORTER, BOBBY TIMMONS & JYMIE MERRITT
 
On November 5, Blue Note Records will release First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings, a thrilling previously unreleased live recording of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers captured at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo on January 14, 1961 during the band’s first-ever tour of Japan.

 
DRUMMER JOHNATHAN BLAKE SET TO MAKE HIS BLUE NOTE DEBUT
WITH OCT. 29 RELEASE OF HOMEWARD BOUND FEATURING
IMMANUEL WILKINS, JOEL ROSS, DAVID VIRELLES & DEZRON DOUGLAS
 
Homeward Bound—the remarkable Blue Note Records debut by drummer, composer, and bandleader Johnathan Blake—signals shifting tides for a career that’s yet to crest.

 
Contemporary jazz guitarist Richard Smith celebrates the enduring soul connection he shares with saxophonist Richard Elliot
 
“Soul Share” goes for playlist adds on September 20
 
LOS ANGELES (8 September 2021): “You never forget the first band you toured with or the first albums you made,” said contemporary jazz guitarist Richard Smith, who likened the bond between bandmembers to sports teammates.