Tracklist Hide Credits

1	The Chess Players	9:33
2	Sakeena's Vision	6:02
3	Politely Written-By – Bill Hardman	6:01
4	Dat Dere Written-By – Bobby Timmons	8:44
5	Lester Left Town	6:23
6	It's Only A Paper Moon Written-By – Rose*, Harburg*, Arlen*	6:35

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Bass – Jymie Merritt
• Design [Cover] – Reid Miles
• Drums – Art Blakey
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Photography By [Cover] – Francis Wolff
• Piano – Bobby Timmons
• Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
• Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trumpet – Lee Morgan
• Written-By – Wayne Shorter (tracks: 1, 2, 5)

Notes

Recorded on March 6, 1960.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: TOCJ-9209 1 A1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLP 4029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4029	US	1960
CDP 7 46400 2	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Blue Note	CDP 7 46400 2	US	1987
4BN 84029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(Cass, Album, RM)	Blue Note	4BN 84029	US	1985
BLP 4029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Blue Note	BLP 4029	Japan	Unknown
BST-84029	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	The Big Beat ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Blue Note	BST-84029	US	1971

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