Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Cafe Written-By – Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt	5:33
2	Just Knock On My Door Written-By – Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt	6:55
3	Summertime Written-By – Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	4:38
4	Blues Back Written-By – McCoy Tyner	5:19
5	Sunday Written-By – Bennie Krueger, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller	7:20
6	The Song Is You Written-By – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	5:06

Companies, etc.

• Designed At – Viceroy
• Manufactured By – Universal M & L, Germany

Credits

• Art Direction – Hollis King
• Bass – Art Davis
• Design [Cover] – Robert Flynn
• Design [Graphic] – Edward ODowd
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Other [Special Thanks] – John "Thight End" Vanhala
• Photography By – Bob Ghiraldini
• Piano – McCoy Tyner
• Producer [Original Recording] – Bob Thiele
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Remastered By – Erick Labson
• Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Sonny Stitt (tracks: 2, 4, 6)

Notes

Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 16, 1963.
Remastered at MCA Studios using 20-Bit Super Mapping.
Originally issued as Impulse AS-45.

A tune entitled "Art's Sunday Best" was recorded at this session, but no master tape of this performance has survived.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 7 31454 79642 2
• Barcode: 731454796422
• Label Code: LC00236
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, 2 & 3): 07314 547 964-2 01 +
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1, 2 & 3): IFPI L002
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): none
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 01M2
• Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0113
• Other (CD mould text, Variant 1): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L YB
• Other (CD mould text, Variant 2): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L YA
• Other (CD mould text, Variant 3): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L A
• Other (Distribution code): UN900
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
A-45	Art Blakey Quartet	A Jazz Message ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Impulse!	A-45	US	1964
AS-45	Art Blakey Quartet	A Jazz Message ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Impulse!	AS-45	US	1968
314 547 964-2	Art Blakey Quartet	A Jazz Message ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)	Impulse!	314 547 964-2	US	1999
AS-45	Art Blakey Quartet	A Jazz Message ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	AS-45	US	1964
SH 3026	Art Blakey Quartet	A Jazz Message ‎(LP, Album)	Impulse!	SH 3026	Japan	1964

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