bass Jymie Merritt
drums, leader Art Blakey
liner notes Barbara Gardner
liner notes Bernard Lee
liner notes Dick Katz
liner notes Ira Gitler
liner notes Jack Tracy
liner notes Michael Cuscuna
liner notes Nat Hentoff
photography by [cover] Fred W. McDarrah
tracks cd1 to cd3-8, cd4, cd5 piano Bobby Timmons
tracks cd1 to cd5-2, cd5-9 to cd5-12 producer [originally] Alfred Lion
tracks cd5-3 to cd5-8 producer [originally] Bob Thiele
recorded by [originally] Rudy Van Gelder
tenor saxophone Wayne Shorter
tracks cd5-3 to cd5-8 trombone Curtis Fuller
trumpet Lee Morgan
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Produced For Blue Note Records
Produced For Impulse!
Pressed By GZ Digital Media
Presented here are the complete contents plus all known alternate songs and takes from the following original albums:
- The Big Beat (Blue Note BST-84029),
- Like Someone in Love (Blue Note BST-84245),
- A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note BST-84049),
- Pisces (Blue Note GXF-3060),
- Roots and Herbs (Blue Note BST 84347),
- The Witch Doctor (Blue Note BST-84258),
- The Freedom Rider (Blue Note BST-84156), and
- Jazz Messengers!!!!! (Impulse AS-7).

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey & New York between March 1960 and June 1961.
CD1 total running time: 72:55
1-7: March 6, 1960.
8-10: August 7, 1960.
CD2 total running time: 75:41
1-4: August 7, 1960.
5-10: August 14, 1960.
CD3 total running time: 67:08
1-4: February 12, 1961.
5-10: February 18, 1961.
CD4 total running time: 77:05
1-7: March 14, 1961.
8-12: May 27, 1961.
CD5 total running time: 79:31
1-2: May 27, 1961.
3-8: New York, June 13 & 14, 1961.
CD5-9 to CD5-12 recorded by the same group live at Birdland, New York, September 14, 1960 have been added as bonus tracks.

℗ & © 2013.
Made in the EU.

Issued in 5 cardboard sleeves housed in a slipcase.
24-page booklet includes complete information, detailed updated notes, original artwork, and all of the original liner notes.
Barcode: 8 436542 014854 (Text)
Barcode: 8436542014854 (Scanned)
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