The Witch Doctor (album) explained

The Witch Doctor
Type:	Album
Artist:	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Cover:	The Witch Doctor (album).jpg
Released:	1967
Recorded:	March 14, 1961 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:34
Label:	Blue Note BST 84258
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Prev Title:	Roots & Herbs
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Next Year:	1961

The Witch Doctor is an album by American jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey and his group The Jazz Messengers, recorded on March 14, 1961 and released in 1967 by Blue Note Records.^[1] It features performances by Blakey with Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, and Jymie Merritt.

Track listing

1. "The Witch Doctor" (Morgan) – 5:32
2. "Afrique" (Morgan) – 6:58
3. "Those Who Sit and Wait" (Shorter) – 5:54
4. "A Little Busy" (Timmons) – 6:18
5. "Joelle" (Shorter) – 5:13
6. "Lost and Found" (Clifford Jordan) – 5:06

Bonus track on CD reissue:

7. "The Witch Doctor" [alternate take] (Morgan) – 5:33

Personnel

• Art Blakey  - drums
• Lee Morgan  - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Wayne Shorter  - tenor saxophone
• Bobby Timmons  - piano
• Jymie Merritt  - bass

See also

• Tonic (Medeski Martin & Wood album)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art Blakey: The Witch Doctor LP (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) . . 5 April 2024.