Had the pleasure of hearing Blakey toward the end of his career (around 1988-89 I think, at Fat Tuesdays in NYC). If I remember coreectly, Terrence Blanchard was on trumpet and Donald Harrison on Sax. Great man, great TEACHER! I was astonished at his physical conditioning...he was in his 70's and you would not have wanted to armwrestle him. All of his recordings mentioned above are wonderful, I hope each of you had the pleasure to see him live.
Art Blakey/Jazz Messengers
Just bought the remastered 24/96 of Moanin'...any other titles that come to mind? I love the stuff with Lee Morgan...any thoughts?