First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings LP Virgin Label Services and deeply jazz-influenced album that

and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her career

Three years after the release of ARTEMIS’ critically acclaimed self-titled debut album

Bullethead (Side B)

He had also continued to grow as a composer who could conjure myriad different moods and styles with his writing

was recorded in 1958 and found Powell in particularly fine form on an ebullient set of his original tunes including “Buster Rides Again

First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings LP Virgin Label Services and deeply jazz-influenced album thatFirst Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings is 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 bands first ever tour of Japan. The Jazz Messengers were among the first modern jazz groups to tour the country, and adoring Japanese audiences were enthralled by one of the bands all time great line ups featuring the legendary drummer with Lee