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Limited to 2,000 copies. A never-before released Art Blakey 1965 live recordings.First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Art Blakey Estate & INA (Institut National de lAudiovisuel).Available on vinyl only. No CD, No Digital is scheduled.A truly powerhouse quintet!Art Blakey, Live in 65 boasts an exceptional one-hour concert from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax, and, of course, Blakey on drums.Freddie Hubbards incendiary playing on Blue Moon and the blistering 24-minute version of his own Crisis shows that he was one of the most innovative trumpeters in jazz history.