ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - ROOTS AND HERBS (TONE POET LTD ED) OTHER AUDIO Despite an incredible and influential

Despite an incredible and influential body of work

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ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - ROOTS AND HERBS (TONE POET LTD ED) OTHER AUDIO Despite an incredible and influentialVinyl LP pressing. Blue Note Tone Poet Series LTD Ed.(Currently Out Of Print. One of 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