Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey together tonight on JFBL

[Lazaro Vega]

Drummer Art Blakey was ideally suited to the music of pianist/composer/bandleader Thelonious Monk as we'll hear during tonight's broadcast of Jazz From Blue Lake from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. edt. Knowing when to push, when to lay out, and when to obdurately insist on a musical dialogue with the pianist created some startling recordings from the late 1940's and early 50's on Blue Note; to a series of trio and quintet recordings on Prestige; to the famous mid-50's Riverside recordings with Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane, to the Giants of Jazz touring band of the 1970's and the simultaneous great London trio recording sessions from 1971. Great music tonight, http://www.bluelake.org/radio

[BillF]

Managed to catch the last 50 minutes of the show in some early morning listening. Nice to hear the Giants of Jazz again. I was at their London concert in 1971.

[Lazaro Vega]

Hey England! That's great. Had played a Giants of Jazz performance of Night In Tunisia from Monterey earlier in the night. Long solo by Blakey. As well as Misterioso from the 1971 Black Lion session.

Edited October 12, 2011 by Lazaro Vega