The Freedom Rider
by Art Blakey
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1964
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Community rating: 4.22/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Anchored by an extended, unaccompanied drum solo on the title track, this album showcases Art Blakey's highly physical, polyrhythmic drumming style. The quintet, featuring Lee Morgan on trumpet and Wayne Shorter on saxophone, executes tight, driving hard bop arrangements.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Tell It Like It Is (7:56)
- The Freedom Rider (7:28)
- El Toro (6:23)
- Petty Larceny (6:16)
- Blue Lace (6:00)
Credits
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - primary artist
- Jymie Merritt - bass
- Reid Miles - design [cover]
- Art Blakey - drums, written-by
- Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by
- Nat Hentoff - liner notes
- Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
- Bobby Timmons - piano
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone, written-by
- Lee Morgan - trumpet, written-by