Art Blakey – The Witch Doctor: Blue Note Tone Poet Series (180g Vinyl LP)

All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Art Blakey’s The Witch Doctor Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by Music Matters’ Joe Harley

Recorded in 1961, but not released until 1967, The Witch Doctor features one of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers’ greatest line-ups: Wayne Shorter (saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Bobby Timmons (piano), and Jymie Merritt (bass). Highlights include Morgan’s “Afrique,” Shorter’s “Those Who Sit and Wait,” Timmons’ “A Little Busy,” and Jordan’s “Lost and Found” which closes the album.

Musicians:
Art Blakey, drums
Wayne Shorter, saxophone
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Bobby Timmons, piano
Jymie Merritt, bass

1. The Witch Doctor
2. Afrique
3. Those Who Sit and Wait
4. A Little Busy
5. Joelle
6. Lost and Found