RSD Black Friday 2026 Release

Blue Moon Over Paris contains two complete, previously unreleased concerts by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, recorded by French broadcaster ORTF. At the Olympia in 1963 Blakey plays with Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman, including Moon River and Caravan. At the Salle Pleyel in 1968 the band is Bill Hardman, Julian Priester, Billy Harper, Ronnie Mathews and Lawrence Evans, with a long Blues for Eros and Moanin'.

This edition is a 180-gram 2-LP with an extensive insert, transferred from the tapes in the INA archive.