Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers
Tough! (LP)
LabelChess.com, CadetGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX
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Hard-swinging Messengers material on Cadet, the jazz arm of the Chess family - Chicago's great blues house taking its shot at the hard bop market, and doing it with taste. Art Blakey delivering exactly what the title promises: no-nonsense, blues-drenched, riff-driven jazz with the drums pushing everything forward like a tide. The Cadet jazz catalog remains underrated territory for diggers - plenty of strong sessions hiding behind less famous cover art - and this is a solid piece of it. The shuffle in Blakey's ride cymbal alone is worth the price of admission. Japanese pressing, and a nice off-the-beaten-path entry for the Blakey shelf.
Release notes
Recorded: Swedien Recording Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the Spring of 1957.
| A1 | Scotch Blues | 7:55 | |
| A2 | Flight To Jordu | 7:20 | |
| B1 | Transfiguration | 5:08 | |
| B2 | Exhibit A | 6:37 | |
| Gershwin Medley | |||
| B3.1 | Rhapsody In Blue | ||
| B3.2 | Summertime | ||
| B3.3 | Someone To Watch Over Me | ||
| B3.4 | The Man I Love | ||
- Jackie McLean
- Alto Saxophone
- Spanky DeBrest
- Bass
- Michael Reid Design
- Design [Cover Design]
- Art Blakey
- Drums
- Bruce Swedien
- Engineer
- Herb Wong
- Liner Notes
- Sacha Beels
- Model [Cover Model, Uncredited]
- Don S. Bronstein
- Photography By [Cover Photo]
- Sam Dockery
- Piano
- Bill Hardman
- Trumpet
