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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Roots & Herbs
| name = Roots & Herbs
| type = Album
| type = Album
| artist = [[Art Blakey]] and the [[Jazz Messengers]]
| artist = [[Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers]]
| cover = Roots & Herbs.jpeg
| cover = Roots & Herbs.jpeg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = October 1970<ref>[https://books.google.it/books?id=gSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Herbs+blakey&hl=it&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAGoVChMI-fGWma7JxwIVCsAUCh05qwYy#v=snippet&q=Roots%20Herbs&f=false ''Billboard'' Oct 24, 1970]</ref>
| released = October 1970<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gSkEAAAAMBAJ&q=Roots+Herbs&pg=PA68 ''Billboard'' Oct 24, 1970]</ref>
| recorded = February 12, 1961 (#8-9)<br>February 18, 1961 (#1, 2, 4-6)<br>May 27, 1961 (#3, 7)
| recorded = February 12, 1961 (#8–9)<br>February 18, 1961 (#1, 2, 4–6)<br>May 27, 1961 (#3, 7)
| venue =
| venue =
| studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]], [[Englewood Cliffs]], NJ
| studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]]<br>[[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 42:11 <small>original LP</small><br>61:52 <small>CD reissue</small>
| length = 42:11 (LP)<br>61:52 (CD)
| label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br><small>BST 84347</small>
| label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br>BST 84347
| producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| prev_title = [[The Freedom Rider]]
| prev_title = [[The Witch Doctor (album)|The Witch Doctor]]
| prev_year = 1961
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = [[The Witch Doctor (album)|The Witch Doctor]]
| next_title = [[Child's Dance]]
| next_year = 1961
| next_year = 1972
}}
}}


{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r135531}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r135531}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG> {{Cite book
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
|editor-first=J.
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| pages = 25
| pages = 25
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = [[The Penguin Guide to Jazz]]|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 133}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Roots & Herbs''''' is a [[jazz]] album by [[Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers]], recorded in 1961 but not released on the [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] label until 1970. The CD reissue features three alternate takes, two of which originally released in 1979 on ''[[Pisces (album)|Pisces]]''.
'''''Roots & Herbs''''' is a [[jazz]] album by [[Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers]], recorded in 1961 at the same sessions which produced ''[[The Freedom Rider]]'', but not released on the [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] label until 1970. The CD reissue features three alternate takes, two of which originally released in 1979 on ''[[Pisces (album)|Pisces]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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<small>'''Bonus tracks on CD reissue:'''</small>
<small>'''Bonus tracks on CD reissue:'''</small>
#<li value=7>"The Back Sliders" (Alternate Take) - 6:57
#<li value=7>"The Back Sliders" (Alternate Take) – 6:57
#"Ping Pong" (Alternate Version) - 5:58
#"Ping Pong" (Alternate Version) – 5:58
#"United" (Alternate Version) - 6:48
#"United" (Alternate Version) – 6:48


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

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* [[Art Blakey]] — drums
=== The Jazz Messengers ===
* [[Lee Morgan]] — [[trumpet]]
* [[Wayne Shorter]] — [[tenor saxophone]]
* [[Lee Morgan]] – trumpet
* [[Wayne Shorter]] – tenor saxophone
* [[Bobby Timmons]] (#1, 3, 5-9), [[Walter Davis, Jr.]] (#2, 4) — [[piano]]
* [[Bobby Timmons]] (#1, 3, 5–9), [[Walter Davis, Jr.]] (#2, 4) – piano
* [[Jymie Merritt]] — [[double bass]]
* [[Jymie Merritt]] – bass
⚫
* [[Art Blakey]] – drums


==References==
==References==
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{{Jazz Messengers}}{{Lee Morgan}}{{Bobby Timmons}}

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Latest revision as of 15:33, 9 June 2024

Roots & Herbs
Studio album by
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
ReleasedOctober 1970[1]
RecordedFebruary 12, 1961 (#8–9)
February 18, 1961 (#1, 2, 4–6)
May 27, 1961 (#3, 7)
StudioVan Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length42:11 (LP)
61:52 (CD)
LabelBlue Note
BST 84347
ProducerAlfred Lion
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers chronology
The Witch Doctor
(1969) 		Roots & Herbs
(1970) 		Child's Dance
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Roots & Herbs is a jazz album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1961 at the same sessions which produced The Freedom Rider, 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.

Track listing

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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:

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

Personnel

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The Jazz Messengers

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard Oct 24, 1970
  2. ^ Roots & Herbs at AllMusic
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 25. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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