The Freedom Rider
# The Freedom Rider

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The Freedom Rider is an album by jazz drummer Art Blakey and his group the Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1961 and released in 1964 by Blue Note Records. Continuing Blakey's distinct brand of hard bop, this album features compositions from Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Blakey himself, and Kenny Dorham, a former Jazz Messenger. This was the final album by this particular edition of the Jazz Messengers, who had been together for 18 months, as Lee Morgan left after this album and was replaced by Freddie Hubbard.

## Track listing

* "Tell It Like It Is" (Shorter) – 7:53
* "The Freedom Rider" (Blakey) – 7:25
* "El Toro" (Shorter) – 6:20
* "Petty Larceny" (Morgan) – 6:14
* "Blue Lace" (Morgan) – 5:59

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

* "Uptight" (Morgan) – 6:12
* "Pisces" (Morgan) – 6:52
* "Blue Ching" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:43

## Personnel

* Art Blakey — drums
* Lee Morgan — trumpet
* Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons — piano
* Jymie Merritt — double bass
