Leader Art Blakey on drums with the Jazz Messengers in Japan, 1961.
Bobby Timmons on piano, Jimmy Merrit on bass, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone. Tune composed by Benny Golson
My student Marie-Jacqueline in France is working on soloing over the changes for this one in the sax improvisation class.
Wayne Shorter’s tenor solo starts at about 1:00 in. He takes a simple idea and develops it.
