Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Roots and Herbs
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Art Blakey — drums [click here to see more vinyl featuring Art Blakey]
The Jazz Messengers: [click here to see more vinyl featuring The Jazz Messengers]
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter [click here to see more vinyl featuring Wayne Shorter]
Trumpet – Lee Morgan [click here to see more vinyl featuring Lee Morgan]
Piano – Bobby Timmons, Walter Davis Jr. (A2, B1)
Bass – Jymie Merritt
Written by Wayne Shorter
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on February 18 & May 27, 1961
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Joe Harley
Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Originally released in 1970
Reissued in 2020
Tracks :
Side A:
- Ping Pong
- Roots And Herbs
- The Back Sliders
Side B:
- United
- Look At The Birdie
- Master Mind
Reviews :
“Originally recorded in 1961, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Roots & Herbs was first released in 1970. Like many titles in the Blue Note catalog, this fine Blakey outing was initially shelved by Alfred Lion for unknown reasons; thankfully, considering Blakey's large array of available Blue Note albums, this wasn't necessarily a crisis. Having already been a magnet for such talented hard bop players and writers as Hank Mobley, Benny Golson, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver (who helped form the original group), and Kenny Dorham, the Messengers' lineup of 1961 featured one of Blakey's best rosters: In addition to trumpeter Lee Morgan, who would alternate in the early '60s with Freddie Hubbard, the band featured tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianists Walter Davis, Jr. and Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Feeding off six early compositions by Shorter, all the players reel off top-notch solos atop Blakey's fluidly galvanizing swing beat. Highlights include "Ping Pong," "Look at Birdie," and "Master Mind," compositions that, in their fetchingly askew ways, nicely foreshadow the wealth of ideas to come from Shorter's pen throughout the '60s.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Cook
Ratings:
AllMusic 4 / 5 , Discogs 4.54 / 5