Vinyl LP pressing. Blue Note Tone Poet Series. One Art Blakey's greatest albums with the Jazz Messengers, Roots & Herbs, is little known. In 1961, the group featured Lee Morgan (trumpet), Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Bobby Timmons (piano) and Jymie Merrit (bass). Recorded in Rudy Van Gelder's New Jersey studio, it's a brilliant set of six Shorter compositions, like the playful Ping Pong" and the clever "United." It's among Blakey's finest."

1. Ping Pong
2. Roots and Herbs
3. The Back Sliders
4. United
5. Look at the Birdie
6. Master Mind

Label: Blue Note Records

Catalog: 003196401

Genre: Jazz