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The Witch Doctor
| Recorded | Mar 14, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Label | Blue Note |
| Catalog | BST 84258 |
| Released | 1961 |
| Personnel | 5 credited players |
| Discogs | master 300942 |
The record
Shorter's pen pulls the band into darker, more angular corners here, Morgan answering with his usual blues-cut fire while Timmons and Merritt keep the floor steady. Blue Note sat on it until the mid-'70s.
Session personnel
- Jymie Merritt — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
- Bobby Timmons — piano
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
We list only two copies of this title, both 1967 US Blue Note pressings of BST 84258, one of them noted as stereo, each carrying an RVG stamp. Nothing earlier is on file and no reissue is listed, so there is no alternative here to weigh a copy against. Judge on the deadwax stamp and the state of the jacket rather than on a pressing hierarchy this page cannot give you.
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84258 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file · RVG stamp |
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| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84258 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · BST 84258 — Vinyl, LP, Album · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21957 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue · RVG stamp |
| 1999 | Blue Note · 7243 5 21957 2 5 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered · RVG stamp |
| 2014 | Blue Note · TYCJ-81056 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
| 2017 | Blue Note · UCCQ-9320 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, SHM-CD · RVG stamp |
| 1967 | Blue Note · STB 84258 — Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album |
| 2021 | Blue Note — STEREO |
| 2024 | Blue Note · UCCQ-9727 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, UHQCD |
Follow the players
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