title: Live at Montreux and Northsea
text: # Live at Montreux and Northsea
  
  Live at Montreux and Northsea is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Big Band recorded in 1980 at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (with one track recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands) and released on the Dutch Timeless label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic called it "a historically significant and rather enjoyable release".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Bobby Watson except where noted.
  
  * "Minor Thesis" (James Williams) – 13:17
  * "Wheel Within a Wheel" – 7:02
  * "Bit a Bittadose" – 6:41
  * "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 8:34
  * "Linwood" – 7:31
  * Recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 13, 1980 (track 1) and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 17, 1980 (tracks 2–5)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Art Blakey, John Ramsay – drums
  * Valery Ponomarev, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
  * Robin Eubanks – trombone
  * Bobby Watson – alto saxophone
  * Branford Marsalis – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  * Bill Pierce – tenor saxophone
  * James Williams – piano
  * Kevin Eubanks – guitar
  * Charles Fambrough – bass
  