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Roots and Herbs

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Released
  
October 1970

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Artist
  
The Jazz Messengers

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 12, 1961 (#8-9)February 18, 1961 (#1, 2, 4-6)May 27, 1961 (#3, 7)Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Length
  
42:11 original LP61:52 CD reissue

Roots & Herbs(1961)
  
The Witch Doctor(1961)

Similar
  
The Jazz Messengers albums, Jazz albums

Roots & Herbs is a jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1970. The CD reissue features three alternate takes, two of which originally released in 1979 on Pisces.

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.

  1. "Ping Pong" – 7:06
  2. "Roots and Herbs" – 6:05
  3. "The Back Sliders" – 7:51
  4. "United" – 7:29
  5. "Look at the Birdie" – 6:45
  6. "Master Mind" – 6:55

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "The Back Sliders" (Alternate Take) - 6:57
  2. "Ping Pong" (Alternate Version) - 5:58
  3. "United" (Alternate Version) - 6:48

Personnel

  • Art Blakey — drums, leader
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Timmons (#1, 3, 5-9), Walter Davis, Jr. (#2, 4) — piano
  • Jymie Merritt — double bass

    • Songs

    1Ping Pong6:58
    2Roots and Herbs6:02
    3The Back Sliders7:20

    References

    Roots & Herbs Wikipedia
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