Tough!

Studio album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Released

1966

Recorded

Spring, 1957
Swedien Recording Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Genre

Jazz

Label

Cadet
LP 4049

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers chronology

A Night in Tunisia
(1957)

Tough!
(1957)

Cu-Bop
(1957)

Tough! is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1957 but not released on the Cadet label until 1966.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars.^[3]

Track listing

"Scotch Blues" (Duke Jordan) - 7:55
"Flight to Jordu" (Jordan) - 7:20
"Transfiguration" (Gigi Gryce) - 5:08
"Exhibit A" (Gryce) - 6:37
"Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Summertime/Someone to Watch Over Me/The Man I Love" (George Gershwin) - 5:57

Personnel

References

↑ Art Blakey discography accessed June 4, 2013
↑ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 4, 2013
1 2 Allmusic Review, accessed June 4, 2013

Jazz Messengers
Art Blakey Dale Barlow Mickey Bass Terence Blanchard Joanne Brackeen Cameron Brown Donald Brown Bobby Broom Donald Byrd George Cables Chick Corea Steve Davis Spanky DeBrest Sam Dockery Kenny Dorham Essiet Essiet Robin Eubanks Charles Fambrough Curtis Fuller Carlos Garnett John Gilmore Benny Golson Benny Green Johnny Griffin Bill Hardman Donald Harrison Philip Harper John Hicks Freddie Hubbard Dennis Irwin Javon Jackson Carter Jefferson Geoffrey Keezer Frank Lacy Brian Lynch Branford Marsalis Wynton Marsalis Jackie McLean Jymie Merritt Mulgrew Miller Hank Mobley Lee Morgan Billy Pierce Lonnie Plaxico Valery Ponomarev Wallace Roney Gregory Charles Royal David Schnitter Woody Shaw Clarence Seay Wayne Shorter Horace Silver Victor Sproles Bobby Timmons Jean Toussaint McCoy Tyner Cedar Walton Peter Washington Doug Watkins Bobby Watson James Williams Reggie Workman
Studio albums	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Hard Bop (1957) Ritual (1957) Tough! (1966) Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... (1957) A Night in Tunisia (1957) Cu-Bop (1957) Hard Drive (1957) Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958) The Big Beat (1960) A Night in Tunisia (1960) Impulse!!!!! Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (1961) Mosaic (1961) The Freedom Rider (1962) Buhaina's Delight (1963) Caravan (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Indestructible (1965) 'S Make It (1965) Soul Finger (1965) Like Someone in Love (1966) The Witch Doctor (1967) Roots & Herbs (1970) Child's Dance (1972) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973) In Walked Sonny (1975) Backgammon (1976) Gypsy Folk Tales (1977) In My Prime Vol. 1 (1978) In My Prime Vol. 2 (1978) Reflections in Blue (1979) Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording (1979) Africaine (1981) Album of the Year (1981) Oh-By the Way (1984) Blue Night (1985) Feeling Good (1986) Not Yet (1988) I Get a Kick Out of Bu (1988) Chippin' In (1990) One for All (1990)
Live albums	At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955) At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (1955) A Midnight Session with the Jazz Messengers (1957) 1958 – Paris Olympia (1959) At the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 (1959) Art Blakey et les Jazz Messengers au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1960) Paris Jam Session (1960) Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 and 2 (1960) Three Blind Mice (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Buttercorn Lady (1966) Jazz Messengers '70 (1970) In This Korner (1978) Live at Montreux and Northsea (1980) One by One (1981) Art Blakey in Sweden (1981) Straight Ahead (1981) Keystone 3 (1982) Live at Kimball's (1985) The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (1989)
Compilation albums	Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1955) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Drum Suite (1957) Pisces (1979) Originally (1982)
Soundtrack albums	Des Femmes Disparaissent (1959) Les liaisons dangereuses 1960 (1960)
Related	Discography

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