Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Witch Doctor
Label: |
Applause Records – APBL 2315 |
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Vinyl
, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Hard Bop |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Witch Doctor | 5:25 | |
| A2 | Afrique | 6:55 | |
| A3 | Those Who Sit And Wait | 5:47 | |
| B1 | A Little Busy | 6:15 | |
| B2 | Joelle | 5:15 | |
| B3 | Lost And Found | 5:05 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Licensed From – Liberty Records (3)
- Manufactured By – Applause Records Inc.
- Distributed By – Applause Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Liberty Records (3)
- Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Mastered At – Liberty
- Pressed By – Sound Makers
- Published By – Blue Horizon Music, Inc.
- Published By – Orricle Music Publ. Corp.
- Published By – Conrad Music
Credits
- Bass – Jymie Merritt
- Drums – Art Blakey
- Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
- Piano – Bobby Timmons
- Producer [Produced By] – Alfred Lion
- Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder
- Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
- Trumpet – Lee Morgan
Notes
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 14, 1961
Reissue with alternate cover art.
The labels say 'The Witch Doctor', thus adding a 'the' to album title.
Publishers:
- A1 to A3, B2: Blue Horizon Music, Inc. - BMI
- B1: Orricle Music Publ. Corp. - BMI
- B3: Conrad Music - BMI
See Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Witch Doctor for another Applause Records copy with silver labels.
Reissue with alternate cover art.
The labels say 'The Witch Doctor', thus adding a 'the' to album title.
Publishers:
- A1 to A3, B2: Blue Horizon Music, Inc. - BMI
- B1: Orricle Music Publ. Corp. - BMI
- B3: Conrad Music - BMI
See Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Witch Doctor for another Applause Records copy with silver labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): APBL-2315-SIDE-1 SMK
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): APBL-2315-SIDE-2 SMK
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): APBV·2315·SIDE·1: S-9708
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 2): MASTERED BY LIBERTY
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): APBV-2315·SIDE 2· S-9701
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 2): MASTERED BY LIBERTY
Other Versions (5 of 14)
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The Witch Doctor (LP, Album, Stereo) | Blue Note | BST 84258, BST-84258 | US | 1967 | ||
| The Witch Doctor (LP, Album) | Blue Note | BST 84258 | US | 1967 | |||
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New Submission
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The Witch Doctor (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album) | Blue Note | STB 84258 | US | 1967 | ||
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New Submission
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The Witch Doctor (LP, Album) | Blue Note | BST 84258 | Japan | 1967 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Witch Doctor (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | Applause Records | APBL 2315 | US | 1981 |
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Reviews
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Edited 2 years agoI'll be honest, I do not own any record with this much obvious distortion. I presume the original masters were recorded too hot and isn't a reflection of this pressing.
The pressing itself is mediocre. Nothing to write home about. I have other applause releases and none of them are very good quality. Rumbling vinyl and ghosting between tracks.
That said, the session is fantastic. What an energetic combination of Lee Morgan in his prime, Wayne Shorter ramping up to be a star, and sensei Blakey behind the kit! Both horn players are taking chances, which is the essence of improvisation. There's also a fair bit of wholetone scale tonality, for that extra floatie sound.
3.75 stars
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The description on this release needs to be amended. The release date for this Applause LP was 1981, not 1969. Applause records didn’t exist until 1981 and was a short lived label.
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