Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Tell It Like It Is Written-By – Wayne Shorter	7:53
2	The Freedom Rider Written-By – Art Blakey	7:25
3	El Toro Written-By – Wayne Shorter	6:20
4	Petty Larceny Written-By – Lee Morgan	6:14
5	Blue Lace Written-By – Lee Morgan	5:59
6	Uptight Written-By – Lee Morgan	6:12
7	Pisces Written-By – Lee Morgan	6:52
8	Blue Ching Written-By – Kenny Dorham	6:43

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – EMI
• Distributed By – EMI
• Manufactured By – EMI
• Copyright (c) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Credits

• Bass – Jymie Merritt
• Design [Cover Design] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
• Liner Notes [Original] – Nat Hentoff
• Mastered By [With 20-bit Super Bit Mapping] – Ron McMaster
• Photography By [Cover Photograph] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Bobby Timmons
• Producer – Alfred Lion
• Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
• Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trumpet – Lee Morgan

Notes

Recorded on February 12 (tracks 7-8), February 18 (track 4), and May 27, 1961 (tracks 1-3, 5-6) at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Tracks 1-5 originally issued as Blue Note BST 84156.
Tracks 6-8 originally issued on the Japanese Blue Note album "Pisces".

Printed in Holland (tray insert)
Made in Holland (disc)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 24382 12872 4
• Rights Society: bel BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0133
• Other (Distribution Code): F: PM516
• Other (Distribution Code): I: 084

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4156	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Freedom Rider ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4156	US	1964
4156, BLP 4156	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*	The Freedom Rider ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RP)	Blue Note, Blue Note	4156, BLP 4156	US	1966
ST-84156, ERLP 1018	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Freedom Rider ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, 180)	Blue Note, Elemental Music	ST-84156, ERLP 1018	Europe	2015
TOCJ-4156, BNST-4156	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Freedom Rider ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	TOCJ-4156, BNST-4156	Japan	1994
BST 84 156 K	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Freedom Rider ‎(LP, Album)	Blue Note	BST 84 156 K	Germany	Unknown

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