Label: Wax Time
Reissued 2014, originally released 1963
Orrin Keepnews produced Blakey's 1963 debut for Riverside Records, a hard-bop triumph featuring an all-aces band: Curtis Fuller, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton and Reggie Workman. Blakey drives them with power and passion as they play Caravan: Sweet 'n' Sour: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning: This Is for Albert: Skylark, and Thermo. Back on vinyl again!
Track Listing:
- Caravan 9:44
- Sweet 'N' Sour 5:28
- In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning 4:01
- Sweet 'N’ Sour (Alternate Take) 5:31
- This Is For Albert 8:15
- Skylark 4:45
- Thermo 6:44