Roots & Herbs

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.

Roots & Herbs
Studio album by
Art Blakey and 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, NJ
GenreJazz
Length42:11 original LP
61:52 CD reissue
LabelBlue Note
BST 84347
ProducerAlfred Lion
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology
The Freedom Rider
(1961)		 Roots & Herbs
(1970)		 The Witch Doctor
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

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

References
  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.
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