Live at Montreux and Northsea is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band recorded in 1980 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (with one track recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands) and released on the Dutch Timeless label.[1][2]

Live at Montreux and Northsea
Live album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band
Released	1981
Recorded	July 13 & 17, 1980
Venue	Northsea Jazz Festival, The Hague, the Netherlands and Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:05
Label	Timeless SJP 150
Producer	Wim Wigt
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
One by One (1979) Live at Montreux and Northsea (1981) Art Blakey in Sweden (1981)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted.

1. "Minor Thesis" (James Williams) – 13:17
2. "Wheel Within a Wheel" – 7:02
3. "Bit a Bittadose" – 6:41
4. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 8:34
5. "Linwood" – 7:31

• Recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 13, 1980 (track 1) and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 17, 1980 (tracks 2–5)

Personnel

• Art Blakey, John Ramsay – drums
• Valery Ponomarev, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
• Robin Eubanks – trombone
• Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
• Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone
• James Williams – piano
• Kevin Eubanks – guitar
• Charles Fambrough – bass

References