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Limited 180gm viny LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tape. Recorded in 1961, but not released until 1967, The Witch Doctor features one of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers' all-time great line-ups Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass. Shorter and Morgan each contribute two tunes, with Timmons penning one. Highlights include Morgan's spectacular 6/8 modal piece InchAfriqueInch and Shorter's minor masterpiece InchThose Who Sit And Wait.Inch Bobby Timmons brings the deep soul goods on his composition InchA Little Busy,Inch and the album closes with a fleet-footed romp through Clifford Jordan's tune InchLost And Found.Inch Blue Note Records' Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series is produced by Joe Harley and features all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Album Tracks 1. The Witch Doctor 2. Afrique 3. Those Who Sit and Wait 1. A Little Busy 2. Joelle 3. Lost and Found
