Full performer name: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); Cedar Walton (piano); Jymie Merritt (bass). Producer: Alan Douglas. Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna. Recorded live at the Renaissance Club, Hollywood, California in March 1962. Includes liner notes by Michael Cuscuna. Super two-record set with arguably his best three-horn front line (Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller) plus consistently fine piano from Cedar Walton. ~ Ron Wynn