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This is truly one of the great classics of hard bop, with drummer Art Blakey leading arguably his greatest Jazz Messengers lineup through a driving program that never lets up. Tenor saxophonist
Benny Golson (whose composition "Along Came Betty" is heard here, subsequently becoming a jazz classic), brilliant trumpeter
Lee Morgan, and funky pianist
Bobby Timmons (who wrote the hit title cut) each take some of the best solos of their great careers, and Blakey was never greater. No jazz record collection should be without this disc. It remains one of the premier items in Blue Note's catalog, and rightfully so.
--Skip Heller
Product Description
Art Blakey's best selling album which made the Jazz Messengers a jazz institution and put Golson, Timmons, and Morgan to the forefront of jazz. (CD + LP)
--This text refers to the
Vinyl
edition.