Art Blakey’s 70th birthday concert, with the Jazz Messengers and many former Messengers on stage. Filmed by ZDF at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, 9 October 1989. 1 h 55 min
Two days before his 70th birthday, Blakey led the Jazz Messengers at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, joined by guests who had mostly played in the band over the decades. Michele Hendricks sings Mr. Blakey, written for the occasion by founding Messenger Horace Silver.
The concert came out on record as The Art of Jazz in 1996.
With Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, Freddie Hubbard, Terence Blanchard, Curtis Fuller, Walter Davis Jr., Buster Williams, Roy Haynes, Michele Hendricks.
On YouTube from JazzOnPaper.