| 'S Make It | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers |
| Cover: | 'S Make It.jpg |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Recorded: | November 15–16, 1964 Los Angeles |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 35:13 original LP |
| Label: | Limelight 86001 |
| Producer: | Jack Tracy |
| Prev Title: | Golden Boy |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Soul Finger |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
S Make It (slang for 'Let's go')[1] is a recording by the hard bop Art Blakey jazz ensemble. It was recorded in Los Angeles in 1964 and issued on the Limelight label.[2] [3] [4] Following the departure of stars from his 1961 to 1964 band, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Cedar Walton, it includes previous Blakey alumni and newer players.[5] This was trombonist Curtis Fuller's last recording as a regular member of the group, though he would return to record sporadically with Blakey in the 1970s and 80s. The album was re-released on Verve in 2004.
Jeffery S. McMillan has called the release one of Blakey's most underrated works and that it exemplifies his 1964–1965 work.[6] In a review in the December 1965 issue of Black World, the title track is described as "a diabolical concept, a dark image, invoking the innermost caverns of Manhattan." David Rickert calls the album "a fine Messengers album and a good example of the drummer's consistently satisfying work."[7] Russ Musto referred to the release as a "return to a more soulful sound".[8] Ken Dryden stated in his Allmusic review that "It's a shame that this was the only recording by this particular lineup of the Jazz Messengers, as [John] Gilmore's strong blowing complements Morgan very well".[5]
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